“Businesses are urging Congress to strip a measure from a bill that would restrict defense contractors from issuing dividends or buying back their stock.”

[COMMENTARY] A huge part of US stock market gains are due to stock buybacks — and instead of plowing profits so employed into business expansion. When investors receive funds from stock buybacks, they usually buy more stocks! Many people in the ethical investment community — including myself — consider stock buybacks unethical.
‘A troubling precedent’: Businesses ask Senate to kill a plan to limit stock buybacks and dividends, by Samuel O’Brient, July 14, 2026, Business Insider, USA.