And this would somehow cause a significant number of houses to be built? And if people have more money thru distribution of some sort, would they work harder to build more houses? If they don't, how does this help?
Balloons are open. Most typically do not expand but the excess air just escapes out the bottom. Basically they will rise till the overall weight matches that if what they displace.
There are more efficient balloons that do expand and can attain same great heights. Far more than conventional aircraft even. But that expansion is mostly due to excess material in the construction and little from stretching. Thus the pressure difference is minimal while the volume increase significantly with altitude.
You could tax them at 100% but it wouldn't fix the problem. There are simply just not enough of them. While wealth inequality is a problem, this alone don't fix it. It is just a crutch.
How many people who are pissed with the results might claim an alternate cast vote later on just to bring the machines into question? It wouldn't take many to do this to create a fair amount of distrust.
It would be done in a second if there was value to it. Especially large companies as often there are bonuses based on profits. Or do you actually think directors and CEOs would rather make less personal income?
It is goofy that people actually think productivity would remain the same when working far less hours and believe the same number of houses (or insert any product here) would be built. Or that a pilot test would remain accurate if the people involved in it did not know it was a simple experiment. Tell me if those companies that experienced more productivity, why did they not continue to implement it?
Most jobs no it doesn't. Everyone would be doing it and splitting the difference if it did. Good luck with that one.
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