I get where you're coming from. I guess my point was that to most people $600 might as well be $6,000 or $6,000,000, since that's not something they can afford

I get where you're coming from. I guess my point was that to most people $600 might as well be $6,000 or $6,000,000, since that's not something they can afford on their own. At that point, the dollar version is (hopefully) better than nothing.