Is it so crazy to want more tax to be collected, especially from the wealthiest who have recently benefited from a $1.5T tax cut? The federal deficit is in the vicinity of a trillion dollars per year currently. Any tax avoidance by gigantic corporations and their wealthy shareholders rankles in this environment, regardless how easily explained.

Perhaps the capital gains rate should be raised to make buybacks equally attractive, tax-wise, to dividends. Perhaps it would spur investment over paydays.