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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
I think it's a simple as that money that is paid in dividens, that profit, would be better spent on investment, whether that be R&D or lower prices.
If that's the case, why would the shareholders of these companies invest at all? Who would invest in a train with a 0% return when they could invest in....literally anything else....even treasury-bonds.....and earn a profit?
I fail to see how these companies have earned the profit.
They've successfully provided a service that people want at a price people are willing to pay.
Just by taking risk? What risk? Their profit is guaranteed.
False. Literally not even close.
The only risk they're taking relates to their competence, and even that isn't a deal breaker
Really? C'mon man...think!
What if a drunk driver blows through a railroad crossing and T-bone's a train? Or, if we're talking about the electric company, what if that drunk driver takes down some utility poles?
What if hackers breach the system and fuck with the electrical grid?
What if there is an ice storm and trees fall on the power lines, or across the railroad tracks?
What if there is a solar flare that shorts out significant portions of the infrastructure?
I could keep going...
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