3volver@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoA universal basic income to the ultra wealthy would be perceived by them as being given a couple pennies every monthmessage-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1message-squareA universal basic income to the ultra wealthy would be perceived by them as being given a couple pennies every month3volver@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
The way someone with $100,000,000 would perceive $1000 is how someone with $100,000 would perceive $1.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up88arrow-down1·8 months agoBack in the day, a local New York City humor magazine decided to find the cheapest rich person in New York. They set up a bank account and mailed a bunch of rich people a check for about $2.50. Half didn’t bother to cash it, and were eliminated. They kept lowering the amount, until it was 13 cents. Only Donald Trump and an arms dealer cashed a check worth a dime and three pennies.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·8 months agoThey should have kept going until the arms dealer stopped cashing checks.
Back in the day, a local New York City humor magazine decided to find the cheapest rich person in New York.
They set up a bank account and mailed a bunch of rich people a check for about $2.50. Half didn’t bother to cash it, and were eliminated.
They kept lowering the amount, until it was 13 cents. Only Donald Trump and an arms dealer cashed a check worth a dime and three pennies.
They should have kept going until the arms dealer stopped cashing checks.