[Am-info] Dividends

[John J. Urbaniak]

Sujal Shah wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 14:43, Dave Solomon wrote:
> [SNIP]
> >
> > Editorial comment:  Who is the loser here?  I think it is the
> > United States of America -- all of us.
> >
>
> I thought that Microsoft doesn't pay dividends?  Has that changed
> recently?

Microsoft pays no dividends.

>
>
> Also, it's not the whole of the U.S. of America.  It's just the people
> that don't directly benefit from dividend income... last time I checked,
> most families earning below 70K combined don't usually have much in
> dividend income, at least not directly.  Trickle down economics in
> action....

Well, if dividends become tax-free, I bet many more "ordinary" folks will be investing
in solid companies that do pay dividends.  That's capitalism in action ...

John