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.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Furtheremore, the open transparency of corporate entities is vital -- not just for the protection of investors (we have a right to know what our money is going towards), but also, as a dangerous threat to national econmic and political intrests.
Equitability and efficacy of transactions cannot results when manipulations of government exist. These actions at the levels presented by major US corporations and the lobby industry, threatens my ability to form objective competence on any particular candidate or party platform.
Sincerely,
Christopher M. Vanderwall-Brown