How can that be? At the time the money is paid, nobody knows what the recipient will use it for. So how can anyone be taking any specific material stuff "out" o

How can that be? At the time the money is paid, nobody knows what the recipient will use it for. So how can anyone be taking any specific material stuff "out" of the economy? Apple doesn't pay dividends in, say, eggplants. If you buy some with your dividend, they haven't been taken out of the economy any more than anything that's consumed.