February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.
CORPORATIONS ARE !NOT! PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE MONETARY INFLUENCE IN ELECTIONS!!!
AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO BE ALLOWED TO DO SO, WE THE REAL PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE CORPORATIONS ARE DONATING MONEY, SO THAT WE CAN BOYCOTT THEM.
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.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Dee Grimsrud