Olá, Vocês conhecem esse grupo? Acho o ativismo deles muito legal. Esse email é sobre > a rules change that would require corporations to disclose their political > spending > Heloisa
Begin forwarded message: > From: "Sam Adler-Bell, DemandProgress.org" <[email protected]> > Subject: Disclosure > Date: 10 de maio de 2013 14:29:54 BRT > To: "Heloisa Pait" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Sam Adler-Bell, DemandProgress.org" <[email protected]> > > Heloisa, > > This is our best shot to undermine Citizens United. > > New Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairwoman Mary Jo White is > considering a rules change that would require corporations to disclose their > political spending. The best part: this solution totally circumvents > Congress, which is too flooded with corporate money to take action. > > We must take back our democracy from corporate interests. Click here to send > a message to Mary Jo White and the SEC in support of this crucial change. > > Already ALEC, the Chamber of Commerce, and major oil companies have begun to > freak out about the possible change. (Which is usually a good sign we're > doing something right.) > > And the momentum is on our side. Already 500,000 Americans, along with legal > scholars and 80 members of Congress, have announced their support. > > Please join them in demanding the SEC adopt this rule to require corporate > disclosure of campaign spending. > > Forcing companies to disclose their political spending would make them > answerable to investers, customers, and American citizens. It's the first > step toward saving our democracy from the influence of corporate money. > > In the 2012 elections, corporations spent a record $6 billion on electoral > spending, much of it funnelled through 'dark money' groups and super-PACs > designed to conceal their real source. The secretive nature of campaign > spending allows CEOs and boards to spend company money with zero oversight > from investors, customers, or the general public. > > Join us in calling on the SEC to bring an end to the secrecy. Click here to > send a message to Mary Jo White and the SEC. > > Please urge your friends to take action by forwarding this email or using > these links: > > If you're already on Facebook, click here to share with your friends. > If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the campaign: > Tweet > Thank you, > > Demand Progress > > > Paid for by Demand Progress (DemandProgress.org) and not authorized by any > candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions are not deductible as > charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. > > One last thing -- Demand Progress's small, dedicated, under-paid staff relies > on the generosity of members like you to support our work. Will you click > here to chip in $5 or $10? Or you can become a Demand Progress monthly > sustainer by clicking here. Thank you! > > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time. > > http://act.demandprogress.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=2150.1892007.W_MT82
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