Ummm, well, it’s capitalism. Besides, why is a 3% dividend so unreasonable for stock holders?
Another mindless opinion piece from an idiot. Dividends are paid to stock holders including individuals 401-k accounts pension funds etc those are real consumers of funds these clowns never understand the speed of money
But what do the investors do with the money? They either spend it, stimulating the economy, or re-invest it, stimulating the economy. It doesn’t just disappear.
Fun read, these people are crazy.
“high-yield investment opportunities have been scarce.”... and there is no discussion of WHY that is LOL!
Hey Lydia, here is a revelation for you. The whole purpose of corporations is to make money for their shareholders.
And the problem with that is?
an article written from ignorance
first, if there were a ‘real economy’ worth a da&mn, and not Obama’s Great Recession, then more businesses would find it profitable to “invest in that real economy”
rest assured, when the political repression of the American economy is finally ended...allowing it to recover...then business will find more viable ‘investments’ in that (recovered or restored) ‘real economy’
Meanwhile, most businesses do not pay dividends, or do not pay very large ones. This is because the current repressed economic conditions do not permit much dividend paying.
But when a company does pay a dividend, it is money that is paid as a (usually small) partial return to those people who took the risk and invested in the firm.... and THEY then buy shoes, lunch at Denny’s, and gasoline for their cars.
So the money, or at least much of it, goes into the economy, just like the author wishes.
A friend just reported this to me. He took a private ski lesson at Christmas from an certified ski instructor at Lionhead/Vail Ski School. (Vail Resorts) He paid $925 USD for a full day private lesson. He was given a nice instructor who he felt comfortable with, no problem there. He learned that the instructor made only $19.70 per hour or about $128 USD for teaching a lesson. Corporate GREED at its finest.
The Stock Market is a ficticious mess, and when this one collapses there will be blood on the walls.
I you really want to know why wages are low, there are two reasons:
1. There is no recovery. We are still in the Obama recession. When the government talks about recovery, they are lying to you, and
2. Obama has increased the labor supply at a time of stagnant labor demand. This produces wage and salary declines.
Amnesty may produce more democrat votes, but it is lowering living standards.