October 10, 2015
Securities and Exchange Commission
Dear Securities and Exchange Commission,
Excuse my forwardness, but don't you feel ANY SHAME???
Excuse me, but it certainly appears you are doing your best to make all the money you can off the ignorant, and uninformed for as long as you can, and then you know one day you will be overrun.
Please stop while you're ahead. Please act morally. Please take a walk in unpolluted forests. Please step in some unpolluted waters. If you don't, no one will get to for a very, very long time- THANKS TO YOU.
I am writing to urge you to return rule #4-637 to your agenda this year for swift enactment.
This rule, requiring public companies to disclose political spending and funding of trade and business associations, is essential to making our policy processes more transparent and holding corporations accountable for their political influence.
With no requirement for corporations to disclose political donations or funding of organizations, the public is left in the dark about how companies are using their money to hinder policies that are in the public interest.
This proposed rule has received more than one million comments of support--more than any other SEC rule. And 81 percent of Americans believe that corporations should only spend money on political campaigns if they disclose that spending publicly. Commissioners should not ignore this overwhelming public support and cave to pressure from business interest groups who want to continue to operate in secret.
Please enact rule #4-637.
Sincerely,
CYNTHIA TSURUTA