Stock buybacks are giving billions of dollars to bosses

Stock based compensation for executives who influence the decision to perform stock buybacks, should be normalized to eliminate buyback caused rises. They should earn their compensation through value creation (increasing market capitalization), not creative economic engineering.

Stock buybacks were illegal. There was a good reason for it. It is a way to avoid taxes get wealth to the board, investors, and execs, and all without claiming profit.

... and the shareholders!