February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
When I was in China recently, the number one concern of people I talked to, when they felt at ease to talk, was corruption. Anything less than a rule to ensure disclosure of political payments, is not only ensuring corruption, but is corruption itself. It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.Do the right thing here, or, frankly, your credibility is at stake.
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. This is a no brainer.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Anonymous