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Last week, senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (D-VT) co-authored an opinion piece in the New York Times titled: "Limit Corporate Buybacks: Corporate self-indulgence has become an enormous problem for workers and for the long-term strength of the economy."
The senators said, "From the mid-20th century until the 1970s, American corporations shared a belief that they had a duty not only to their shareholders but to their workers, their communities, and the country."
I have to say the senators are right: Buybacks should be limited. They benefit too few people, who already have the advantage.
But the senators are dead wrong about buybacks' impact on workers and the wider economy.
That a bunch of D.C. insiders are wrong isn't news at all. But in this case, I'll show you the senators' prescription for fixing the problem is disingenuous at best, and a command-economy disaster at worst.
The good news is, the problem of buybacks is very fixable.
And my way to do it would not only benefit corporations and shareholders, but regular, middle-class workers and small investors, too.
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Most sensible tax regime I have heard in a while. On the face of it the velocity of money can increase as worker-shareholders get more cash to spend and reduce debt. Freeing up billions from the few to allocate to the many. Not bad Shah!
Excellent points. I'm glad you acknowledged the real problem, and didn't deny that the wrong people are benefiting from the current buy-back model. We need to address the income/wealth gap in this country, and you have some good ideas here. I hope they make their way to Washington, D.C.!