ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 23 days agoBorrowing money against their stuff to get more stuff to borrow money...discuss.onlineimagemessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1618arrow-down15
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minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoThey can get interest rates that are lower than the tax they would pay. Often, they hardly pay any interest at all.
minus-squarehexabs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoWhy do banks do this? Sounds like a favor.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoWell, many of the people that do this have large stakes in banks.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoBecause a small rate on a large loan is still a lot of income to the bank
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoAnd of course because banks can create more money than they have.
They can get interest rates that are lower than the tax they would pay. Often, they hardly pay any interest at all.
Why do banks do this? Sounds like a favor.
Well, many of the people that do this have large stakes in banks.
Because a small rate on a large loan is still a lot of income to the bank
And of course because banks can create more money than they have.