Subject: File No. 4-637

May 17, 2015

The SEC has a duty to protect investors and promote the public interest by issuing a rule requiring disclosure of political contributions by publicly traded companies.

Shareholders need to know whether their money is being used to run a business or to run election attack ads.

Please place a rule on the unified agenda by the end of May 2015 that will require disclosure of political spending, as laid out in file number 4-637.
Citizen United unleashed a plethora of dirty, hidden money from the rich and corporations that have destroyed Democracy in this country. Elections need to be open and transparent so the electorate can judge for themselves who special interest and the rich are that are buying our election system .

John Espe