February 2, 2013
Dear Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Democracy depends on the ability of common citizens to express their opinions and influence their government. Excessive and secret money in American politics and government is undermining the effectiveness of our democracy. It is long past time to end the influence of the wealthy and the 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,
Sally Brown