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Originally Posted by ficoguy
Well it’s the cost of capital. Without capital corporations can’t operate. Shareholders are getting a very modest dividend compared to what the interest would be if they replaced equity with debt. Shareholders are owners of the company. Employees are stakeholders. So don’t get all pompous on a dividend that represents a return on risk that investors have taken
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“Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor hadn’t existed first. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Abraham Lincoln December 3, 1861