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Re:Stock buybacks are dangerous for the economy by johannes1234321 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:29PM (#22609975)
Couldn't that be done by raising salaries?
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Re:Stock buybacks are dangerous for the economy by the_jeremy on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:50PM (#22610253)
OP doesn't mean that the buybanks raise employee salaries because the stock they receive now has a higher price, they mean that the stocks the company is buying back are then given to the employees as RSUs.
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