February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Big Corporations sometimes like to think our country was made for them alone, that they are in complete charge of things, and politicians who serve at their beck and call can be bought and sold like tokens. With their often unlimited amounts of money, their concept of reality comes way too close to the truth.
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.
Sincerely,
Irving Lillien