Subject: File No. 4-637

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.

 

When I first heard the Citizens United (HOW did it get THAT name?!) ruling, I thought I had misheard. Nothing so bizarre could possibly come from our "Supreme" Court- the best and brightest? Make it right.

Thank you for considering my comment.

 

Sincerely,

Cynthia Justice