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.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Peraonally, I would go much farther than this. I think the amount spent on political campaigns is amoral, unethical, and should be illegal! I advocate effective campaign spending limits and a complete overhaul of our political voting process.
Sincerely,
Margie Runkle