November 9, 2014
Every shareholder, as a partial owner of a public corporation, deserves the right to determine how the corporation spends his money for political contributions - they may be spending it for a candidate who supports positions that are diametrically opposed to the shareholder's moral principles. Frankly, the corporation has no business spending the shareholders money on ANY political contributions. Every American, except the Supreme Court, knows that the large contributions are meant to buy influence, and have nothing to do with free speech. Political contributions are looked upon as an investment in a politician - let's be frank. And every investment is made for the returns it will generate. Therefore, I request that the SEC pass a rule prohibiting public corporations from making ANY political contributions. They can instead return the money to the investors as a dividend with the shareholders determining how THEIR money gets spent. It's only fair to all parties.
Thank you for considering my comment and for helping return some fairness and decency to our system.
Richard Kotas
Sugar Land, TX