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> A Walgreens takes money from a community and gives it to their shareholders. Walgreens buys goods and sells them to the people. To the extent that it does so
by LurkingPenguin 5y ago
> A Walgreens takes money from a community and gives it to their shareholders.
Walgreens buys goods and sells them to the people. To the extent that it does so profitably, it can distribute some or all of those profits to shareholders.
Notwithstanding the fact that Walgreens doesn't "take money from a community" (its customers freely exchange their money for goods Walgreens offers), if you compare Walgreens' earnings per share to its dividend history, you'd see that Walgreens does not pay out 100% of its earnings to shareholders.
So your odd characterization of Walgreens, which implies that Walgreens is engaged in some sort of theft from the communities it is present in, is wrong in every aspect.