February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
I write to ask that you stop allowing corporations to give unlimited contributions when as a private citizen I am not allowed the same unlimited status. I believe that one the people or businesses residing in a given state should be allowed to contribute to a candidate.
My states Governor received far more funding from out of state individuals/co,panties than he did from state contributors. That is simply wrong!
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.
Sincerely,
Jane Olson
[address redacted]
Thank you for considering my comment.