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		drewrv on March 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Profits are too high. America needs a giant dose o... What amazes me is that shareholders let it happen. That money on the balance sheet belongs to them, either the company should invest it or give it back to the shareholders via dividends.

triangleman on March 29, 2016 [–]

Actually, dividends and stock buybacks are at an all time high:

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/05/07/stock-buybacks-hit...

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-buyba...

drewrv on March 29, 2016 | [–]

Interesting, thanks!

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