Lucas,
CEOs are spending unprecedented millions to distort this year's elections and threaten any candidate who might oppose the corporate agenda.
As if that isn't outrageous enough, they're probably doing it with your money.
Most working people receive a 401(k) or similar retirement account as part of how they're paid. Many corporations, which are funded by these investments, are funneling money into Super PACs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and shady political front groups.
Don't let your family's nest egg become a political weapon for the corporate agenda.
Fight back: Join Public Citizen and Daily Kos in urging your senators to support the Shareholder Protection Act.
The Shareholder Protection Act would require CEOs of publicly traded corporations to get shareholders' permission before spending corporate money on political campaigns. The law would also require corporations to keep 401(k) investors informed about how their money is being spent.
Corporations aren't people, but shareholders and investors are.
Those who invest in a company -- not the CEO and not the board of directors -- are the REAL owners of any publicly traded corporation.
Any household with a 401(k) invested in stocks or mutual funds -- half of all households today -- has a stake in how the corporate money in those funds is spent and should be informed as to how retirement funds are being used.
Election season is in full swing, and CEOs are eager to use investor money to help elect corporate lackeys across the country.
Let's make sure shareholders and investors have a say.
Help Public Citizen and Daily Kos make sure your senators support the Shareholder Protection Act.
Thanks for all you do.
Sincerely,
Rick Claypool
Public Citizen's Online Action Team
action@citizen.org