February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
We know it - dollars are votes. People in corporations vote, and now the corporation can vote - it's unfair and it's wrong. But at least you can make sure that we know exactly how much "vote" they're making. 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,
Avril Tolley