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

Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

Government venality is one of the greatest threats to democracy. It concentrates power in the hands of the few, and reduces the voice of the common man. It is clear that our campaign finance system is broken.

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,