Jan. 30, 2020
Dear SEC Rule Comments, American investors and the public want accountability from corporations. The SEC’s attempt to evade shareholder oversight is adverse to the national interests The federal agency tasked with protecting American investors should be encouraging a robust system of checks and balances between the owners of corporate wealth and companies’ management, not shutting down the main path for providing shareholder input. Proposed anti-democratic new rules would make it harder for investors to raise issues with managers, which would halt progress toward addressing critical issues impacting citizens The SEC should be facilitating shareholder democracy, not undermining it. This new set of rules should not be advanced. Thank you for considering my comment. Sincerely, John Gullett [redacted]