Sent: February 4, 2013
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Comment on File Number 4-637

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 when it exceeds the same amount that private citizens names are disclosed.

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.  And "corporate citizens" should be held to the same standards as private citizens or relinquish their right to contribute.

Thank you for considering my comment.

Sincerely,