Coffee Party USA is part of the Corporate Reform Coalition and is a co-signer of a support letter for the Shareholder Protection Act, which will be introduced in both the House and Senate. We would like to thank Public Citizen and Common Cause for their leadership on this important issue. More info on the Shareholder Protection Act from the Sunlight Foundation.
Help bring the People's voice to Congress:
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Dear Congress,
As a step toward accountability and transparency, and to preserve the practice of self-governance as it was intended by our framers, please support the Shareholder Protection Act.
It is indeed a matter of free speech when Americans decide to contribute money to political campaigns and causes they support. We should also have the freedom to decide not to do so. But Americans who are shareholders of corporations are not protected under current law. Under the Shareholder Protection Act, corporate shareholders would be informed when their money is being spent for political purposes, and they would have the freedom to invest their money elsewhere if the political operations of a corporation do not match their values or interests.
Ads funded by unaccountable special interests have fueled partisan bickering and added to the wave of misinformation that has alienated citizens who would otherwise participate in our deliberative process. The Shareholder Protection Act will help to blunt the impact of special interest spending to influence our elections, and restore a measure of confidence that our government is capable of representing the interests of the People before the interests of powerful entities with wealth and influence.
Sincerely,
