I did not know this. It makes perfect sense.
I could not stand this game as I always lost, it did teach Capitalism though. Perhaps this change will make it interesting to play.
We did know that -- we read it in the rules.
But it doesn't make me detest Monopoly (or pretty much any family game) any much less. My family has always just been too competitive.
And party games are designed to make you look absurd -- I do enough of that on my own anyway. Ha, ha I guess.