The alternative to BuyBacks doesn't have to be a dividend... But yeah, if those are the only 2 options you're thinking of I could see why this looks emotional a

The alternative to BuyBacks doesn't have to be a dividend... But yeah, if those are the only 2 options you're thinking of I could see why this looks emotional and irrational. I could imagine 2 other possibilities that I like better: #1, The government could reclaim that money as taxes. #2, Companies could invest that into R&D and new technologies... Like say, greener planes? That would be really cool for the last 12 years. There has to be more to life than 'value to the shareholders'. We can do so much better than this as a society.