[wepple]

Hmm, yeah I think I grok the argument. But if excess cash flow can go to employees, would you also expect employees to inject their savings when the company has a shortfall?

I always considered employment a fairly simple exchange of my services for a fairly set rate, and investors/owners/funders to be the risk takers for ups & downs?

[ImPostingOnHN]

why on earth would they do that? It's not like the executives or shareholders would. I'm certainly not throwing any additional cash at a single company I'm invested in if it's on hard times.