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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by cma on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:15PM (#20664795)
> It’s tax efficient [...] It’s kind of strange that people hate on buybacks all the time (people like Elizabeth Warren), but no one gives a rat’s ass about dividends.

One follows from the other. It's because it allows a tax dodge.

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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by mruts on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:44PM (#20664955)
The Democrats usually complain that the money should be used to increase salaries or whatever. Which is fine, I guess. But it’s not about a tax dodge (or at least that’s not the main point).
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