February 04, 2013 Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission: I agree with the message to you below, drafted by an advocacy organization. But I would like to underscore further the corrosive effect of corporate money in politics. The Citizens United decision laughs at any notion of fairness in free speech and political discourse. In my estimation, money is not speech and speech is not money. It's long past time to end secret political spending by corporations. 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, Jeremy G Heiman
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