February 2, 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.
In fact let's not stop here. We can and should require a two thirds majority vote of stockholders prior to any political contirbution or expense being reimbursed to lobbyists.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Timothy Sullivan