DvB wrote: >Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> DvB wrote: >> >> >Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> <snip> >> >> Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to earn >> >> it. >> >> >> > >> > >> >You don't "work hard" for stock dividends. You just put your money in >> >stocks and they come all by themselves... although I guess I did word >> >that a little strangely. >> >> Where the hell do you think the money came from? > >Dividends, also called "profit sharing," are monies payed to investors >by companies as encourangement for current investors to continue to put >their money in the aforementioned companies and to attract new >investors.
A share of the profit is a fair statement. After all, the investor is taking a vested interest (part ownership) in the enterprise. A profitable company does make further capitalization more attractive to people with discretionary capital. Oh, yeah, a profitable business is more likely to continue paying wages. > > >> If an investor can't expect a return, why should he put himself at >> risk? > >Since when has the taxation of dividends robbed you of a return on your >investment? >Following that argument. If I don't get a return from my work (in the >form of an untaxed salary), why should I make an effort to earn a >living? Where did anything about taxes? You implied that investors did not deserve dividends, since they didn't make their money. There was no reference to taxation. > >> >> What kind of idiot was your economics prof? If he wasn't an idiot, you slept through too many classes. >> > >More of an idiot than your fuzzy math prof, apparently. Apparently :) -- gt [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have a RIGHT to your opinion---even if it is crap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
