Here's why Sens. Schumer and Sanders are wrong on stock buybacks
May 15, 2019 at 09:00 AM EDT
Two U.S. senators criticized $4 trillion of share buybacks completed from 2008 to 2017. It is important to understand that this very large amount of cash did not vaporize, nor did it benefit just a small handful of people. Rather, it was used to positively impact the U.S. economy overall.