One of my most favourite reads. And it was once one of my most favourite pieces having seen it on two occasions.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/national/art-collector-david-thomson-buyer-of-rubens-masterpiece/article4137544/
A birthday present for dad. All good, before his regime came into play, but shows the great divide nonetheless.
Tut ..their money , not there money ....my fingers were moving too fast on keyboard :-)
When you take $2 million plus a day in dividends from TR as major shareholder your hobby can be buying works of art at 10s of million of dollars.
In the same way on my earnings I buy the odd comic book as a hobby :-)
It’s there money and they can do as they please with it.
However maybe reducing the dividend increases over the past years and investing the money into the business might have been an idea ?
Or money down the pan.