February 1, 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.
Let's do whatever we can to at least return open disclosure for the public to see where all the influence is coming from and be most aware of the currently hidden agendas of these corporations. These behind closed door activities are corrupting our government and closing the population out of the big picture to there great detriment.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Jacquelyn Downing