[Margaret Pilkington]

Some of those share holders are people who have put money into pension funds(so that they can have a reasonable life when they do actually retire)So if you contribute to a private pension, you may be a shareholder in many companies without actually knowing it....some of them are councils who have invested money to offset rising costs.

You paint share holders as all bad. You paint shareholders as all greedy and on the make.
Shareholders put money into companies so that companies can expand, research new markets, find and develop new products.
Without shareholders - those people who are willing to invest, some companies would cease to exist. Jobs would cease to exist.

I bought a small number of shares when I was working.......I am not paid billions. I get two small dividends each year.....neither of them have ever been more than £40...and sometimes I have received barely enough to buy myself a fish and chip supper.