Another way to raise funding is to charge a higher tax on buybacks. This again is a way to charge the biggest public companies more m, and impact us rich people more. A high enough tax pushes companies to reinvest in their companies and/or potentially pay dividends. And btw, qualified dividends are tax free for most Americans. So charging a higher buyback tax not only increases tax revenues, if the company does pay a dividend, married households making under 94k pay no taxes on it. If I own it. I pay full taxes. FWIW, This is one the Dems liked. https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/investments-and-taxes/guide-to-taxes-on-dividends/L1jBC5OvB(Mark Cuban)