Sent: February 4, 2013
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File No. 4-637

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.

As much as we hear about Union Members not always agreeing with Union support of certain political candidates, Shareholders have absolutely no say on corporate contributions, and in many cases no ability to find out the details, and no opportunity to opt out
their shares.  

Thank you for considering my comment.

Sincerely,

Joel Schlukebir