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Re:In January, there were more real-estate agents than homes... by bananabreakfast on Monday March 22, 2021 @04:07PM (#26546166)
no one on earth has that much cash. 20K * 1M people is $20B.

All the billionaires in America do not just have that much money just laying around. This would be a budgetary concern of the federal government. No citizens could individually pay everyone's rents.

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Re:In January, there were more real-estate agents than homes... by whimsicalism on Monday March 22, 2021 @04:17PM (#26546314)
Bezos has 10 billion in cash and could easily get another 10 in loans without having to sell his shares.
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Re:In January, there were more real-estate agents than homes... by ianai on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:02PM (#26547884)
We can be charitable to their point. The most recent stimulus was 1.9T. No one outside of governments has that sort of cash.
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