The best part of this is that it is leadership for the rest of S&P 500 to start paying a dividend when they can't effectively invest parts of their income strea

The best part of this is that it is leadership for the rest of S&P 500 to start paying a dividend when they can't effectively invest parts of their income stream. The alternative is something like Microsoft, which couldn't invest the money but still tried with all sorts of terrible acquisitions. This is a better alternative for shareholders.