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minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoRe: #2 Half the time they would benefit and half the time they wouldn’t. It would be a wash.
minus-squareblackberry@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoyou’re assuming businesses would be honest and fair about their changing prices. maybe some local stores will round down from 1.01 to 1.00 but I assume most major corporations will just round up to 1.05
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoIf they do anything as arbitrary as that then state’s Attorneys General will be on them The moment a forensic accountant finds it.
Re: #2 Half the time they would benefit and half the time they wouldn’t. It would be a wash.
you’re assuming businesses would be honest and fair about their changing prices. maybe some local stores will round down from 1.01 to 1.00 but I assume most major corporations will just round up to 1.05
If they do anything as arbitrary as that then state’s Attorneys General will be on them The moment a forensic accountant finds it.