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.
Thank you for considering my comment. At least the statements above are a "step" in the right direction. My opinion is that Corporations are NOT people. I believe that corporations are made up of individuals who already have the right to contribute, or not, and to vote, or not; unless some of those individuals are citizens of other countries.
HOW can our country be governed by a Congress which appears to be largely "controlled or owned" by large corporations, lobbyists, and top "1%" individual contributors in a manner which will properly serve and protect the interests of ALL the voters (99%) AND protect and serve the interests regarding the future of the United States?
I also believe that campaign donations from individual people (voters) should be limited to $1,000.00. Why should any one person/or corporation be able to buy the services of a US Senator or US Representative?
Mary R. Roberts