February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.
Before the boiler-plate, I thought you should be aware that I am a union member; the corporations made sure to limit the unions spending of their members money. What's good for the goose is good for the gander - hold them accountable for the money they launder through their candidates that the shareholders may not wish to support! They shouldn't have their cake and eat it too!
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,
Christopher Dean