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Re:Every company should be owned by its employees by thanksgiving on Thursday July 25, 2024 @06:12AM (#41066832)
It sounds like you just explained the opposite of what you said. If you can only get the dividends and can never sell your ownership outright, it makes sense to optimize for long term, sustainable growth and profits over short term profits. So, you don't care about stock value increase as you already own your shares. Actually, I'm thinking low share prices compared to dividends are good because it allows you to buy more and earn more.

It sounds like this is a much healthier concept overall?

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Re:Every company should be owned by its employees by s1artibartfast on Thursday July 25, 2024 @12:09PM (#41070306)
They are the same with respect to long term planning. You can take a dividend or sell stock to witdraw profits.

Dividends don't have to be sustainable. There are companies that are gutted and liquidated to pay out dividends too.

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