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.
If corporations are considered to be 'people' they should follow the rules that I must (at least in NYS) - if I contribute over $100.00 to a political campaign, my name must be reported. This should also hold true for PACs and organizations that contribute to campaigns & PACs.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Nancy Crawford