Subject: File No. 4-637

February 2, 2013

Our beloved democracy is being systematically ruined by big, selfish, gile-ridden money. 

Corporations have no obligation to the public good, and most have no regard for it either. 

We need to protect ourselves from these unremitting takers, these liars, these sneaks. 

Please protect us from this enormous but secret problem. 

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.

 

Sincerely,

Byron Carrier