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excellent point
Likely waterfall of what CEOs would do if politicians made stock buybacks illegal.
First, private companies would be less likely to go public, as they can't manage dilution.
Current public CEOs would, in likely order:
1. Pay higher dividends
2. Pay special dividends
3. Pursue more mergers and acquisitions
4. Hoard more cash
5. Pay down debt
6. Overinvestment in marginal R&D and capex
or just go private.
Accomplish what you're looking for? No, of course not, but it sounds good as a boogeyman!
Mindblowing
The biggest charitable donation of all time from @elonmusk ..and these two hate it.
Predictable, but sad to see. @karaswisher goes as far to say "it's a ridiculous waste of money" and "only one share?" and "I fault him for it".
I used to think when you pick a political party your IQ goes down 20% now I think it's closer to 50%.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
"I’m against the death penalty but sometimes I wish I wasn’t." - stunning low IQ comment that 100% exemplifies today's liberal/progressive. Just wow.
Todd Robbins retweeted
Christopher Hitchens: ”In 1786, when the United States was barely a country, it was having its sailors taken as slaves by the Barbary states, the states of the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Tripoli, shores of Tripoli. Ships stopped, its crews carried off into slavery. We estimate 1.5 million European and American slaves taken between 1750 and 1815.
Jefferson and Adams went to their ambassador in London and said, why do you do this to us? The United States has never had a quarrel with the Muslim world of any kind. We weren't in the crusades. We weren't at war with Spain. Why do you do this to our people and our ships? Why do you plunder and enslave our people? The ambassador said very plainly, Mr. Abdul Rahman said, because the Quran gives us permission to do so, because you are infidels, and that's our answer. Jefferson said, well, in that case, I will send a navy which will crush your state, which he did.
Islamic fundamentalism is not created by American democracy. It's a lie to say so. It's a masochistic lie, and it excuses those who are the real criminals, and blames us for the attacks made upon us.”
Todd Robbins retweeted
35 YEARS AGO TODAY, Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed by a vote of 52-48 after the Democrats launched an all-out war to destroy him.
They failed spectacularly. Despite the most vicious smears and lies, Justice Thomas never backed down.
In a legendary exchange during the hearing, when Justice Thomas was told by Senator Hatch that there were rumors that he was going to withdraw, Justice Thomas said, “I would rather die than withdraw. If they’re going to kill me, they’re going to kill me . . . I’d rather die than withdraw from the process, not for the purpose of serving on the Supreme Court but for the purpose of not being driven out of this process... I’ve never run from bullies. I never cry uncle and I’m not going to cry uncle today whether I want to be on the Supreme Court or not.”
God Bless Justice Thomas for his courage and perseverance in the face of such an outrageous assault.
Justice Thomas is now our second longest serving Justice in American history, and more important, he has had more impact on American jurisprudence than any Justice in history. His opinions have led the way in returning the Court’s jurisprudence to the Constitution’s original meaning.
Justice Thomas is an American hero and our nation’s greatest justice.
WTF??? What was the plan for this data?
🚨ARREST HIM🚨
Jack Smith obtained personal information on 639,000 Republican donors, voters, and supporters, including individuals who purchased red MAGA hats or donated $1.
Smith made spreadsheets with all their personal information.
Dates of birth, home addresses, email addresses, Republican party registration status, credit card details, and employment histories were also collected.
SOURCE: Senator Chuck Grassley
Todd Robbins retweeted
Happy Indigenous People's Day to Elizabeth Warren!
Somebody in her family told her that somebody else in her family had high cheekbones...so this is her special day.
Pocahontas deserves a day off from doing nothing useful to celebrate her stolen heritage.
Todd Robbins retweeted
To all you commie freaks for whom I've become such a headache...this is why I do this. This is my parents coming home to see everything they'd lost because of your stupid commie leaders.
Am I fucking up your little campaigns? Shouldn't have killed John Wick's dog.
I had a good life, raising my boys, feeding hummingbirds. You stupid communists defunded our fire department, never maintained the brush on your government property, and you gave $750K raises to the morons who drained our reservoirs during fire season.
Fuck. All. Of. You.
I will never stop until every last communist is expelled from polite society.