May 11, 2015
The Supreme Court ruling that allowed virtually unlimited donations by corporations never said that those contributions should be kept hidden. In fact, the Court encouraged the disclosure of the contributions so that they could be judged by the share holders and the public.
The SEC has a duty to protect investors and promote the public interest by issuing a rule requiring disclosure of political contributions by publicly traded companies.
Shareholders need to know whether their money is being used to run a business or to run election attack ads.
Please place a rule on the unified agenda by the end of May 2015 that will require disclosure of political spending, as laid out in file number 4-637.
Rebecca Schulz