walkman - 5:19 am on Mar 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

>> Shareholders aren't paying for anything. In fact, they're being paid a 2% dividend. And besides, anyone who doesn't like what Borders is doing overall, shouldn't be a shareholder.

wrong on both counts: one, Borders changed the policy,apparently to please shareholders so it worked the other way around.

Second, they aren't being paid anything, they OWN the company. They put in hard cash they could have invested somewhere else, so they aren't being paid jack; at most they are getting what's theirs.