February 2, 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.
Nothing good comes from secrets, particularly when it comes to the people's business. Last time I checked, this is still *all* the people's business, not just a bunch of secret billionaires. Do the right thing and shed some legal light on this.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Jones