Why Is There A Deafening Silence on Stock Buybacks from Centrist Democrats?

Jeffrey Goodman
6 min readSep 18, 2022

Why haven’t Democrats been hammering Republicans with this explosive issue in election after election over the past decade?

Chart created by author. Data from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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Jeffrey Goodman
Jeffrey Goodman

Written by Jeffrey Goodman

Navigating facts and numbers to help people. Strong opinions on climate change and healthcare. Objective, not neutral. MIT engineer, Wharton MBA.

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