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minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPMlinkfedilink36•1 year agoWould this one unintentionally help reduce wealth disparity?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•1 year agoBy a lot! It would also cut every overdrawn bank account by half :) Unfortunately it’s just “bank balance”, so actual debts outside of that wouldn’t be touched.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoIt would get worse. Cash reserves are for working class people; the rich mostly hold stocks which appreciate over time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoMultiply bank balances by current balance/$1000000
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoCan’t have the common folk benefiting after all, that would be ludicrous.
Would this one unintentionally help reduce wealth disparity?
By a lot! It would also cut every overdrawn bank account by half :)
Unfortunately it’s just “bank balance”, so actual debts outside of that wouldn’t be touched.
It would get worse. Cash reserves are for working class people; the rich mostly hold stocks which appreciate over time.
To the power of 0.5 would be better
So my bank balance can go from -£1 to £i - wow, thanks
Money is imaginary
It’s a bit more complex than that.
Yeah this
Multiply bank balances by current balance/$1000000
There’s the evil
Can’t have the common folk benefiting after all, that would be ludicrous.