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3. yep (n/t)

Wed Feb 8, 2023, 09:08 AM

Feb 2023

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stock repurchase tax -- the line that had me literally jumping up and down [View all] MissMillie Feb 2023 OP

A ban on it or a multigraincracker Feb 2023 #1

Stock 'repurchase' -- that's the same thing as stock 'buyback'? 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #2

yep (n/t) MissMillie Feb 2023 #3

I suspect the cash would just get shifted BadgerKid Feb 2023 #4

Of course fescuerescue Feb 2023 #5

So, don't bother trying? Wednesdays Feb 2023 #7

Depends on what we are trying to accomplish fescuerescue Feb 2023 #17

Which is doubly weird since non-profits fescuerescue Feb 2023 #18

K&R uponit7771 Feb 2023 #6

Don't bother taxing, just make it illegal, as it once was. Lonestarblue Feb 2023 #10

Exactly!!!! sdfernando Feb 2023 #16

👆 THIS. nt crickets Feb 2023 #24

Excellent!!! Karadeniz Feb 2023 #12

While we're at it, outlaw institutional short selling. oldsoftie Feb 2023 #13

Manipulation is already illegal fescuerescue Feb 2023 #19

Stock buybacks are an indication that a company has no new ideas Thunderbeast Feb 2023 #14

It's true. But that describes half the Fortune 500 fescuerescue Feb 2023 #20

Corporations aren't allowed to "own" themselves, am I right? FakeNoose Feb 2023 #22