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MichaelDickens
3y ago
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This might justify discounting dividends (eg reducing them by 20%), but not removing them entirely.
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nwiswell
3y ago
Moreover the more modern approach is share repurchases, which are largely not subject to the tax drag and use the same money that was used historically for dividends.
ClumsyPilot
3y ago
It is worth noting that until 1982, stock buybacks were illegal—deemed as market manipulation
coliveira
3y ago
It is still market manipulation, but made legal by the US gov, like other crimes such as lobbying.
joshlemer
3y ago
And since a few years ago they are highly taxed in Canada.
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