[mrkurt]

Very few business pay salaries out of investment money. And even when they do, it's temporary. If salaries were paid with investments, the investments wouldn't ever become more valuable.

When you buy stock, you're not paying salaries. You're buying ownership of something that has value, generates income, and mostly intends to use that income to pay salaries.

The argument you're making is an argument against corporate income taxes. That's different.