February 1, 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.
Big money warps the political process, so that the interests of the few are served at the expense of the many. Public funding of elections brings the people back to the table. We must strive to get there.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Lisa McClaskey