February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Secret corporate monies have corrupted and severely distorted American politics. The United States political system and our confidence in it has been very badly damaged.
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,
Allen R. Piper