"It gets at both our desire to be competitive in the global marketplace, but also to be more fair and equitable in the way we share our wealth. True libertarian

"It gets at both our desire to be competitive in the global marketplace, but also to be more fair and equitable in the way we share our wealth. True libertarians would be repulsed at the thought." I don't think this guy really understands libertarianism. Libertarian principles don't say anything about how private actors choose to distribute ownership. Most libertarians are only "repulsed" if government forces private actors to distribute ownership in a particular way. If spreading out equity more evenly among employees makes a particular firm more competitive, then awesome, that's how the market works.