February 4, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
WE ARE IN DANGER OF LOOSING OUR DEMOCRACY IF SOMETHING IS NOT DONE ABOUT THE CORPORATE MONEY AND INFLUENCE IN CONGRESS, IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE THESE ARE MY VIEWS, I ADOPT THE MESSAGE BELOW AS MY OWN:
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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.
Sincerely,
J Kristin Hedges