Subject: File No. 4-637
From: Jenne Orr

February 1, 2013

Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.
 
So I strongly support the SEC issuing a rule in the near future that would require publicly traded corporations to publicly disclose all their spending on political activities.

Both shareholders and the public deserve to know how much a given corporation spends on politics (directly and through intermediaries), and which candidates are being promoted or attacked.

Or even better let's remove all of the external money and only let candidates run on a set government stipend - the same amount for everyone and no one is allowed to collect or spend a cent more, nor would an exteranl source be allowed to spend on another's behalf.  When we make it impossible for politicians to receive money or assistance of any kind for running, we may actually get an honest government!!

Thank you for considering my comment.

 

Sincerely,

Jenne Orr