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WinkyDink

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7. There is a difference between making a profit, and paying extremely high dividends.

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 08:52 AM

Jun 2013

Profits can be put back into the business to improve it (like should have been done with our erstwhile steel industry); however, THE INVESTING CLASS WANTS THEIRS FIRST.

It was not always thus.

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Why are so many other countries creating more jobs than the US?? [View all] kentuck Jun 2013 OP

yup - our "job creators" are pimping jobs offshore Skittles Jun 2013 #1

It's more than just taxes; it's the total cost of doing business in the US. badtoworse Jun 2013 #2

Right! kentuck Jun 2013 #3

I've never seen a company whose goal was not to maximize profits badtoworse Jun 2013 #5

There is a difference between making a profit, and paying extremely high dividends. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #7

That doesn't make any difference badtoworse Jun 2013 #10

IOW, the US could compete IF ONLY our citizens lived as 3rd-Worlders do. Have I got that right? WinkyDink Jun 2013 #6

Whatever goods or services you provide are being priced on the world market badtoworse Jun 2013 #8

Tariffs ... oldhippie Jun 2013 #15

Cost of health care in the US. Quality of health care in the US. KurtNYC Jun 2013 #4

My husband's company is intent on cutting labor costs, CrispyQ Jun 2013 #9

It'd be worth checking the figures muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #11

so you use nebenaube Jun 2013 #13

Hey, go ahead and invent your own reality muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #14

They're rebounding from a double-dip recession, job growth is usually fastest in such circumstances geek tragedy Jun 2013 #12

And I'll bet no one even EC Jun 2013 #16