Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission: Hard-working, tax-paying citizens are entitled to a few rights in this day of corporate takeover of seemingly everything, from influence peddling to rigging the markets, tax subsidies, non-payment of taxes and non-disclosure. It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations. The public trust has been profoundly undermined by corporate power. 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 taking this issue seriously. It's a matter of preserving fairness and democracy! Sincerely, |