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.
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. I personally refuse to do business with any corporation that I know to contribute money to politicians who I oppose, but I can't know WHICH corporations are doing so if they keep the information secret.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
George Stradtman