February 2, 2013
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.
the regulations must be "air-tight" to prevent subterfuge: a person is a person = one vote. Only PERSONS can vote. Only PERSONS can create political action committees -- not vested interests.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
mary barbara agnew