Walmart in recent years has bought back over $50 billion of its shares – a move benefiting the Walton family’s wealth – while saying it could not afford to increase the meager pay for over one million of their workers in the US. Last year the company bought back $8.3 billion of their stock which could have given their hard-pressed employees, many of whom are on welfare, a several thousand dollar raise - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/destructive-stock-buybacksthat-you-pay-for_us_59bafc61e4b06b71800c37e4