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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by itake on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:42AM (#28906649)
Employees are paid in stock. New stock is issued regularly for them.
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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by alistairSH on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:57AM (#28906880)
That's a very SV view.

1% of US-based companies are publicly traded. And publicly trader companies only make up about 1/3 of national employment.

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by jldugger on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:11PM (#28907090)
> 1% of US-based companies are publicly traded.

Well, let's broaden the scope a bit then. Beyond simply issuing new shares, you can found a new company. This happens a lot, outside the bay, you just don't hear or think about it unless it's a VC backed firm hoping to make it huge. When it's a sole proprietorship, crickets. Perhaps this is fine, but there are different modes of ownership across the country.

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by germinalphrase on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:14PM (#28907133)
“Employees are paid in stock”

This is not true for the vast majority of employees and is a bit out of touch.

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by lexapro on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:45AM (#28906706)
It is still limited.
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