Did you know your hard-earned money could be funding an anti-minimum wage TV ad or paying the salary of a pro-fracking lobbyist?

Yep, that’s right. If you’re investing money in a 401k or another retirement account, corporations are counting on you to ignore how they spend your money — and are doing everything they can to avoid disclosing it.

Corporations are spending more money now on political activity than ever and they’re making it nearly impossible for us to use our financial leverage to fight back.

But it doesn’t have to be this way — and the solution is surprisingly simple:

The Securities and Exchange Commission has the authority to force corporations to disclose all of their corporate spending to shareholders and to the public. All they have to do is issue a rule requiring it.

Add your name now: Tell the SEC to make corporations disclose their political spending.

Americans overwhelmingly oppose the vast amounts of corporate cash currently being spent to influence our government. That’s why Democracy for America is working with our allies to build the movement to force corporations to disclose their spending — and to overturn the Citizens United and McCutcheon Supreme Court rulings.

With the support of several organizations, nearly 900,000 Americans have already sent comments to the SEC demanding that they step in and stop corporations from secretly using our own retirement accounts against us.

Our goal: 1 million comments to the SEC — and you can be the tipping point. Add your name now and tell the SEC to stand up for real transparency in political spending.

Thanks for helping us fight the corporate takeover of politics,

– Eden

Eden James, Political Director
Democracy for America

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