February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.
Since corporations are the creation of the people through the agency of the state we are all entitled to know the entire organization and operation of such an entity. Claiming that secret operations are absolutely necessary for the conduct of such an entity flies in the face of the original charter for such organizations.
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,
David Plank