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x% of the money distributed to shareholders for how long this was going on taken from current revenue, not benefits. That should also push shareholders to do the right choices in who they support.

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No that does not work the ones who benefited just sell the shares before the fines are imposed and the ones who buy would be the ones you punish then.

the value of the shares would drop anyway for the first group.

They would sell before the shares started dropping

See who owns Thames Water now and compare with who held it 15-20 years ago

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