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Banks are hilarious. They use YOUR money to invest and make more money, then they have the audacity to give you paltry interest. Meanwhile they charge a percentage of a sale for processing that has a flat constant amount of processing power used. It costs them the same to process a $1 transaction and a $10,000,000, but they have the gall to charge 1.5% for both. Sure you can argue that the 1.5% is to cover overdrafts and nonpayment, but if you pay the bill in full you should be refunded the extra.
Buy a home. The paperwork costs a % of the home's value. It's the same paperwork whether you buy a 2 million dollar home or $200k home. It is not a insubstantial sum. Plus you you tip your realtor a % of the sale value. Absolute scam.
I assume you mean it is not an insubstantial sum.
I think the logic with buying a house is, that a person buying a 2 million house can probably afford to pay more, than a person buying a 100k house. So paying a percentage is in theory fair, not conaidering that 100k houses do now go for 2 million.
Yeah I'm not against taxes that tax the rich more.