February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
The public is sick and tired of corporations running this country into the ground. All they care about is their bottom line and that usually involves screwing the rest of us over. If they destroy the environment and our health, they don't care just as long as their profits increase. The least the SEC can do is at the very least, let the public know who exactly is behind the corrupting political ads on tv. You're either for our us against us, SEC - what's it gonna be???
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.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Gayle Janzen