[tjwebbnorfolk]

Ok but GOOG also has a ~$70B per year stock buyback program for that. It's a little goofy to be buying back and issuing $80B of new shares at the same time.

[HWR_14]

SpaceX has been buying back employees stock and issuing new stock to investors. So have a lot of private companies.

[tjwebbnorfolk]

Ok but Google is not doing that, they are buying from the public market and issuing to the public market (minus the $10B berkshire issue)