February 3, 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.
As a shareholder, I want to know what the return is on the political investments they are making.
Please make it apparent to the shareholders and the public what the return on investment is expected to be on the politicians that we as shareholders are investing in. It's important to be able to measure the results of these investments to assess the competency of the managers and the decisions they are making.
Thank you for considering my comment.
Sincerely,
George Paquin