Shareholders do not NEED to have a long-view, because the efficiency of the stock market, allows many investors to buy and sell over much shorter timeframes. The FREE MARKET doesn't dictate long or short term views... Only the most profitable view.

I don't care if your issue is the environment, or exporting jobs overseas, or energy independence, or national security. If all you care about is the most profitable outcome, you will forsake ALL of the above (and more). Which is precicely the reason that some government (Tea Baggers be damned) is actually necessary.
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -John Buchan