• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Then money wouldn’t be money. Dad always said, “If making money was easy, everyone would do it.”

    The US government could give every one of us $1,000,000 tomorrow. Would you have them do it? Would anyone go to work next week? How would you buy goods and services when everyone is a millionaire? “Gonna need $50K to mow your lawn.”

    We could be 100x more equitable without breaking out the paint roller.