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.
Alternatively and in similar concept, I would advocate and support "separation of corporate and public" America in terms of lobbying and all other spending for political matters. At minimum, this might serve as a bargaining chip in achieving, at minimum, the public disclosure of political activities spending by corporations.
Thank you for both your service to the American public and for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Gary Higgins