Moreover, given that the top five (by percentage ownership per Securities and Exchange Commission
public filings) Facet owners appear to represent over 45 % of the outstanding shares, the Alternate Slate believes that the Company's management and Incumbent Board may, with only
modest effort, conclude that the majority of Facet investors agree with the cash dividend and sale platform endorsed by the Alternate Slate.
What's revealed vividly, of course, is that political fights over cutting those programs are not only threatening many worthy — and
modest —
efforts, but distracting the
public completely from what economists of many stripes say is one of the core challenges attending living within our means.