Musk making a power move to free Twitter
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If we could only find and a leader that could reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
www.eia.gov
Oil imports and exports - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
U.S. crude oil imports sources including OPEC and Persian Gulf, and top five source countries of U.S. oil imports and destinations of U.S. crude oil exports.
I'm asking do you do you think corporate greed has something to do with it?
I'm asking do you think corporate buy back stock has gotten out of hand? And it just isn't just the oil companies.
Not confronting just discussing.
There is no such thing as “corporate greed”. Companies act to maximize shareholder value. If you think corporate buybacks are out of hand feel free to vote for politicians who will change the laws regulating companies or buy their stock and petition the company to change their actions.
A lot when it comes to their rank and file. Chevron has frozen wages on many of their employees. Corporate buy backs are expected to exceed 1 trillion dollars this year. Right now there's to much power concentrated to a relative few. Which means the lack of a competitive economy. If we had that those people would have to lower their prices. But as it is today the buying power for the American consumer is shrinking. In post pandemic America these corporations are talking in record profits. They're doing it because they can but they don't consider why they can't.
"Greed is good"
Gordon Gekko
A lot of words but no substance. A corporate buyback literally returns the money to the investors. Who owns Chevron?? Over half of american citizens. Do you have a mutual fund? I guaranty it owns CVX (unless it’s calpers). Returning funds to shareholders benefits the country as a whole. Unless you don’t believe in capitalism. Happy Easter Cali - despite our economic viewpoint differences I enjoy your unabashed Longhorn enthusiasm!
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Greed is everywhere. I acknowledge this. But the kicker is that you nor I can define greed. Is greed wanting more than you need to survive? If so, the whole world is greedy. Is greed wanting to ski behind 2 yachts at the same time? Are CEOs overpaid? Yes..... pretty much all Fortune 500 companies overpay their CEOs. But the "greed" you're pointing at with regard to oil companies is the same greed that fueled the Covid crisis. It fueled the mortgage crisis. It fueled the green energy boondoggle. It fueled the tech wars. The difference is that all those other "greed" conflicts didn't revolve around a commodity.
Look-- when the oil and gas runs out, and it will- in about 300-350 years, unless we have invented a replacement for plastics that don't need carbon-- this is all over. All of it. The cars, the buildings, the internet, the airplanes, the hospitals, the medicine, the guns--- everything is gone.
Greed of money won't matter. It will be greed of something else.
As far as stock buybacks go-- think of them like this--
Cali-- in your youth you were probably considered a handsome guy. You probably had some female admirers. And of course, you were greedy and wanted a few more. So..... you went and bought some nice clothes. You spent money getting a nice hair cut to look sharp. You bought some fly new shoes. You fixed up your car. You did all this to improve who you were.
You invested IN YOURSELF. Why? Because nobody wants to invest in you unless you invest in yourself. And no girl wants to bump fuzzies with you if you don't at least try and look cool.
Stock buy backs are no different. Switch out the pvssy for money from investors and it's the same.
Get me?
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I'm losing faith in Longhorn fb. I don't think Sarkisian is going to get it done. Nations 5th ranked class? Aren't we always ranked high and little to show for it? It's not hard to understand poor player development.
Thanks for the happy Easter. My uncle was president of the Baylor alumni association. He owned the Baylor drug store his name was Roger Edens did you ever meet him.
I did not know him. But my first week at Baylor I bought the Van Halen debut album at a sidewalk sale at his store - bought alot of snacks there between classes at the business school across the street!
Man, that was a great album!! I was a sophomore in high school then. I still maintain that the opening riffs in "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" are the greatest in rock history. Not for any particular technical genius, though Eddie Van Halen was certainly dropping his calling card with those, but because of the cultural shift in American music that they heralded.....
I wouldn't give up on Texas football just yet. I don't know if Sark will get it done but I do believe that NIL will be an advantage that will launch Texas back into the top 5 every year. It's going to take a few years but we are starting to bring in players that we didn't get or haven't seen since Mack.
Elon probably won't get twitter. The left is pushing the richest man in the world into the waiting arms of conservatives. What could go wrong for the left?
Elon probably won't get twitter. The left is pushing the richest man in the world into the waiting arms of conservatives. What could go wrong for the left?
Jack Dorsey running scared and doesn’t want the corruption and collusion with the Left exposed and doing everything in his power to stave off Musk.
Basically Cali thinks its unethical for companies/owners to turn a profit. Any profit made should result in price cuts and distributed to the employees. Fantasy land.
@outhereincali is having second thoughts after getting a small taste of living in Biden’s America. Although he and his ilk will never admit it, what they’d give for Orangeman to walk back through that Oval Office door.
And @outhereincali if you think you’re feeling the pinch at the pump and grocery store, we’re not even into Biden’s recession, it’s going to get way worse and it’s coming. Y’all should be proud.
And btw that 41% approval rating for Biden is total bullshit. Even though CNN is admitting it’s low there are not 41% of any crowd anywhere that think Biden is anything more than a waste of skin. His approval rating is more like 15%, that includes you and the few others
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For profit enterprises have different legal, tax, and ethical considerations than non-profits do. The board of a for profit company has a duty to act in the best interests of the corporation and shareholders. This is the legal duty of care. So, what is the duty of care with respect to shareholders? In part, maximize profits. In many instances, those profits are reinvested in the business with the intention of generating even more profits. Reinvestments occur in purchasing capital equipment, building more factories, or incurring R&D expenses.
There is no legal or tax requirement that companies reduce prices to minimize profits or redistribute its profits to employees.
Cali is espousing a certain belief system that will go unnamed. He’s opened up the kimono and we see what’s behind.
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LOL Musk gonna force a showdown at the OK Corral between shareholders and board members. They aren’t just going to be allowed to shrug him off and think it’s over. Go get ‘em Musk!! I’m not even on Twitter but if Musk takes over, I’m in. Just because
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10739757/Elon-Musk-launch-tender-offer-Twitter.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10739757/Elon-Musk-launch-tender-offer-Twitter.html
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Musk gearing up to give Liberals a taste of their own medicine.The libtard tears are delicious.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-Twitter-TODAY-talks-reach-final-stages.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-Twitter-TODAY-talks-reach-final-stages.html
And to all of you libtards that were promised collusion, it’s fixing to be exposed but it’s going to be coming in the form of proof of collusion involving Twitter and other social media colluding against Trump.
That's already been proven. Time Magazine wrote an entire expose bragging about the consisted and combined effort of the media, big tech, and business to keep Trump out of office. They flat out did a touchdown dance and took a victory lap.
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
For more than a year, a loosely organized coalition of operatives scrambled to shore up America’s institutions
They've now got it behind a pay wall. Used to be out in the open. Guess Time does t want folks to read their arrogance.
So do we need a thread for liberals to wail and gnash their teeth in? Anyone want to bet Musk cleans the woke employees out that don’t want to show up for work and appreciate their job?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-Twitter-TODAY-talks-reach-final-stages.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-Twitter-TODAY-talks-reach-final-stages.html
The very pvssy - and hypocritical- liberals that drive to work in a Tesla. I love them curling up into a fetal position with angst.
Don’t feel sorry for them one bit: $54.20/share.
Wonder if there will be riots if Elon gives President Trump an open invitation back to Twitter?
Trump and Elon 2024?
I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if Musk moves the corp HQ to Texas for tax purposes.
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Burning and looting of buildings and desecrating statues are peaceful protests that DO NOT compare to the atrocities carried out on Jan. 6..........says every libtard with Trump derangement syndrome.
Fox business said today that Trump will stay with his own private media co.
He just spent millions getting it off the ground. If he opens a Twitter account, it will torpedo his efforts.
Typical left wing celebs etc. threatening to quit Twitter because they’re scared Trump is coming back. Trump needs to come back to Twitter. Who is on his social media platform anyway?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...staff-claim-new-boss-dangerous-democracy.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...staff-claim-new-boss-dangerous-democracy.html
Lol. That was quick and just in time for election seasons
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-just-hours-Elon-Musk-purchased-platform.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-just-hours-Elon-Musk-purchased-platform.html
The radical left is in a fetal position not solely because Musk owns Twitter. But, because the radical left has lost its ability to shape content to fit its agenda and lost its ability to censor opposing views.
Meanwhile, The Disney Company owns ABC, ESPN, The Disney Channel, History Channel, and Hulu along with many radio stations.
Just turn on any of these channels for a moment and see the distorted demographic makeup on their content and commercials. Disney is certainly shaping content to fit their agenda but the radical left is ok with this? Of course they are.
Meanwhile, The Disney Company owns ABC, ESPN, The Disney Channel, History Channel, and Hulu along with many radio stations.
Just turn on any of these channels for a moment and see the distorted demographic makeup on their content and commercials. Disney is certainly shaping content to fit their agenda but the radical left is ok with this? Of course they are.
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