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minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoFinal wish, multiply every bank balance by 0.5
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoWould this one unintentionally help reduce wealth disparity?
minus-squareVlyn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 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-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoIt would get worse. Cash reserves are for working class people; the rich mostly hold stocks which appreciate over time.
minus-squarekey@lemmy.keychat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTo the power of 0.5 would be better
minus-squareloobkoob@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoSo my bank balance can go from -£1 to £i - wow, thanks
minus-squareRedReaper@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMultiply bank balances by current balance/$1000000
minus-squareRedReaper@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoCan’t have the common folk benefiting after all, that would be ludicrous.
Final wish, multiply every bank balance by 0.5
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.
Multiply bank balances by current balance/$1000000
There’s the evil
Can’t have the common folk benefiting after all, that would be ludicrous.
Divide every bank balance by zero