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.
I'm an owner of each.company in which I own shared. I don't want funds going to either party despite my strong feelings as it's not the purpose of the corporation. Another share holder will be.passionate and trust the.numbers.from my political opposition. One should not have off balance sheet expenses hidden. Even on sheet, despite.Citizens' United.
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,
Carin Barbanel