Yes, because education is proving itself to be a can't miss when it comes to finding a job.
As far as telling companies they have to pay a large dividend, are you fucking nuts? Do you have any conception of how finance works? Companies with smaller dividends are better performers than high paying dividend companies. Companies that pay high dividends are typically trying to attract investment for a reason, usually to make up for operating or performance based deficiencies. A good company doesnt need to pay a huge dividend. See CHKR. 12% annual yield, the stock is down about 80% in 5 years.
It's unfortunate that people like you, that have no conception of economics, finance, or accounting make up the majority of elected office.
Education is not a guarantee, but it increases a person's prospects, no matter what the gender, race, or social economic status.
I know more about the stock market than you think. That's why I highlighted the stipulation of "X number of years". In the beginning stages of a publicly traded company, money is needed for reinvestment to grow the business. What do older companies do with all that money? Outsized executive compensation, research and development, and mergers and acquisitions. The last one hurts investors almost as much as the first one on that list, because when the big companies gobble up the little ones, they deprive investors of the outsized massive gains a terrific small cap can offer.
Now there are plenty of good companies that don't need to pay a dividend to remain good stocks. But these stocks offer no shock absorber for the elder that depends on that for their financial security. Without a dividend to offer buoyancy, the stock can crash at any moment. That's what makes the Republican proposal for individual retirement accounts so irresponsible.
If you feel that companies ought not pay dividends of a certain size after x number of years, to retain membership in the stock market exchanges, then that just bolsters the case against Republican individual retirement accounts even further.
