February 4, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations. The American people have the right to know who is financing the political ads they are bombarded with and where a specific candidate's financial backing is coming from. This is a right of an informed citizenry in a democracy.
So I strongly support the SEC issuing a rule in the very 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,
Deborah Chaiken