Sent: February 4, 2013
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Comment on File Number 4-637

Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Corporations are NOT people. When they give money to politicians they are giving a lot more $ than any real person can even if they want to. That leads to undue influence forcing said politicians to vote against the wishes of the people.

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,