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		jrockway on Jan 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I don't believe in Uber's Success How much profit should they make? If there was a machine where you could insert a 20 dollar bill and it spit out the 20 and an additional 12 cents, would you not use that machine? How much would you pay to buy one?

DontGiveTwoFlux on Jan 20, 2017 | [–]

Except that if you buy the Berkshire Hathaway machine you'll put in $20 and get back a dollar.

sk5t on Jan 21, 2017 | [–]

I dunno, how much money would you keep in a savings account that yields 0.5% APR?

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