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

February 04, 2013

Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

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.

I am extremely concerned about the confusion for voters that can result from the hidden sources of political messages. Consumers have a right to know how their purchases effect politics and issues that concern them. Voters have a right to know the sources of messages and whose interests are represented.

The world is already complicated enough, we don't need these distortions as an added layer of confusion.

Thank you for considering my comment.

Sincerely,