Re: Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025

On Sat, 3 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 3 Aug 2024 14:11:21 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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Shareholders are like Leeches, so to speak...Leeches wanting a free
lunch, year after year.
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Incorrect. n return for ownership and potential
returns on their investments.

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Corrected - "They supply the initial capital..."

No, you can choose to take in additional capital, but usually that's a danger sign.

After some point in time, they become leeches whose shares should have
been bought back by the company.

Incorrect. They are the owners of the company. I think you must study to learn about private property and economics. You seem to have very weird ideas about the modern economy that stray into marxist territory. Marxism has been disproven many, many times, and is seen as something similar to alchemy or astrology.

Google, for instance, could have done it years ago.

It is up to the owners to decide in an unregulated economy. If you disagree, buy shares and state your case. If it makes business sense, and if you are good enough at persuation, you'll be golden.

Google's IPO day, 2004 - 1.7 Billion
https://x.com/historyinmemes/status/1818199853341589855
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Alphabet Shares Outstanding 2010-2024
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   Alphabet shares outstanding for the quarter ending March 31, 2024
were 13.396B, a 2.26% decline year-over-year.
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   Alphabet 2023 shares outstanding were 13.599B, a 3.18% decline
from 2022.
   Alphabet 2022 shares outstanding were 14.046B, a 2.88% decline
from 2021.
   Alphabet 2021 shares outstanding were 14.462B, a 1.38% decline
from 2020.
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https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOGL/alphabet/shares-outstanding
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