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.
Thank you for considering my comment.
I do not believe that a corporation is a person but I do believe that since they are considered a person they should have to operate under the same disclosure rules as a person. The way it is now allows corporations to buy elections.
Sincerely,
Margaret Sellers