Investors need to change our market valuation attitude and stop expecting that companies jeopardize their operations/stability so that they give us pennies from their cashier forever. Public companies should not be allowed to pay dividends/buybacks or in other terms to use their savings to keep paying in perpetuity fictional obligations. The initial investors (who are the only ones that physically put money in the balance sheet of the company), are being rewarded by the increase of the share price (like Amazon, Google etc). The shareholders that are coming later, are being rewarding by holding something of value, and their participation in the board can increase/decrease this value. The value of a share of a profitable company will never go to zero, the same way that gold has non-zero value (they are finite).

What will happen with that excess money? Option 1 (The capitalist) : Trust the companies that they will handle them properly by planning for a rainy week (apparently nobody does), or investing in their business. Option 2 (The socialist) : Tax heavily the earnings and redistribute them in democratically approved way.