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Passages

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Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:32 AM Aug 2025

Americans for Tax Fairness: From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent $46.6 BILLION on stock buybacks.

That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.

Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.

And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?



August 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM

From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent .6 BILLION on stock buybacks.

That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a k bonus for the next six years.

Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.

And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?

Americans for Tax Fairness (@4taxfairness.bsky.social) 2025-08-23T00:18:11.503Z



They get away with it because we allow it.

An oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy.

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Americans for Tax Fairness: From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent $46.6 BILLION on stock buybacks. (Original Post) Passages Aug 2025 OP
Here's your stinking republicon Trickle Down action BoRaGard Aug 2025 #1
We have to de-couple CEO salaries from share price CanonRay Aug 2025 #2

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
1. Here's your stinking republicon Trickle Down action
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:41 AM
Aug 2025

The G.O.P. Billionaire is no doubt enjoying gourmet luxury golf again this weekend, at your tax expense. The repubes really know how to pig out at the trough, and then crap all over everyone else.

CanonRay

(15,883 posts)
2. We have to de-couple CEO salaries from share price
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 08:47 AM
Aug 2025

Buybacks raise the share price, feeding CEO pay. The was a Reagan era change for the worse, Prior to Reagan executives could not link their compensation packages to share price.

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