At the expense of workers, consumers, animals, community, and planet.... Stock buybacks were illegal until 1982, when the Reagan Revolution turned market manipulation into an art form. It's a system of corporate tyranny that increases the fortunes of a few at the expense of the many. This will not end until we end it. #DisruptTheSystem marianne2024.com
Stunning figure. The White House’s National Economic Council reports that major corporations are spending roughly 90% of their earnings on stock buybacks and dividends. What’s left for investment? Not much, unless these corporations are taking on debt. -R

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MAXIMIZE PROFIT TO SHAREHOLDERS Even that was made up recently! Meager wage increases because all the cash is going back to the owners
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Illegal where? I studied about them in business school in the 70’a. What the HELL are you talking about?
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An excellent tweet on the Reagan Revolution. It's motto: MAKING THE ILLEGAL POSSIBLE. AND PROFITABLE. A Reagan Revolution, BTW, that Sen. Joe Biden supported and fought in enthusiastically. He was so enamored and enthused, in fact, that he founded the Reagan Democrats.