Having worked at a well know worker coop in the UK  I do know what one is. And consumer coops where the ones that came historically after worker coops - originally to provide a retail outlet for worker coops goods.<p>but don&#x27;t they normally pay a dividend in the USA?<p>And you are not going to run a high capital coop like a telco  or electricity company with out making  a decent excess of income over expenditure to service you capital needs