February 1, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
I'm a war veteran and former Republican who wants our government to work. It won't work for ordinary Americans as long as we allow political influence to be bought and secretly manipulated by corporations and the very wealthy.
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.
Thank you for considering my thoughts on the matter.
Sincerely,
Delton Johnson