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

Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations.  Corporations are not people and should not be lobbying and paying members of Congress for benefits or opposing members of Congress who do not comply with their wishes.

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,