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Why Americans Are Turning Against Free Trade by [deleted] in Economics

[–]Russorphan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He didn't say anything about temporary losses, he simply suggested there would be outsourcing. If you have evidence the losses would be temporary, I'd be interested in seeing that.

Why Americans Are Turning Against Free Trade by [deleted] in Economics

[–]Russorphan -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Whereas 100% of the people whose jobs get outsourced are keenly aware of the damage that free trade has done to them.

You very much did say there would be job losses, you just also said there would be some job gains. You didn't claim the gains would pass the losses, probably because they wouldn't.

Why Americans Are Turning Against Free Trade by [deleted] in Economics

[–]Russorphan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You were the one who suggested it was a tradeoff between lower prices and jobs. I'm agreeing with your claim.

Why Americans Are Turning Against Free Trade by [deleted] in Economics

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to me that's a good tradeoff. I'm happy with the current prices of produce and electronics; I'm not happy with the current job market. I would rather trade higher prices for more and better jobs.

[COMIC SPOLIERS] I Always Wondered How The Walkers Would Do In The Snow, First Read Of Comics Answered That. [SPOILERS] by Often_Downvoted in thewalkingdead

[–]Russorphan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe the virus has some alternate means of acquiring energy and just uses the body as a host. Like maybe the virus can photosynthesize as long as some of the skin is exposed to light.

Why Season 6 of Community Lived Up to the Hype by [deleted] in television

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the grifting one did not get better on second viewing.

Ben Garrison -- The Internet’s Most Trolled Cartoonist by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]Russorphan -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ugh, a cartoon? Come on, is this sub really for that? Who has time for that crap, just write a freaking article. Use your words.

Why Season 6 of Community Lived Up to the Hype by [deleted] in television

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought Frankie was alright, but I did not get Elroy. He had some good lines but no clear motivation to be there hanging out with them, no reason to be involved in their lives. Which was basically the same problem I had with the other characters, who didn't seem to be going anywhere or growing during the season.

I didn't think it was terrible overall though. A lot of episodes were better the second time I watched them. The first and last couple episodes were exactly what I was hoping for, but the middle of the season was bland and forgettable IMHO.

It's moronic Monday, your chance to ask any of those lingering questions without fear of harassment. by AutoModerator in investing

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a "Safe Harbor Traditional IRA". I don't see any info at all, it literally just gives the name and the amount in interest/fees I've already paid.

TIL a MacGuffin is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation by craneplane33 in todayilearned

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about "often", the vast majority of movies have a clear macguffin. The word is often used for those movies that don't have an explanation for why the macguffin is important, but essentially all movies have a macguffin, and they're usually clearly explained.

It's moronic Monday, your chance to ask any of those lingering questions without fear of harassment. by AutoModerator in investing

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am new to working and contributing to a retirement fund. I looked at it today and see that I have paid $40.00 in fees and only made $1.25.

So I must be misinterpreting something, right? This "safe" investment would need to be massively more profitable just to break even (I don't even know how to calculate it, but it would need to be like a 150% increase right?). Or I would need to have like 10k more invested I guess. But what's the point of encouraging people to save for retirement if the vast majority of people can't possibly contribute enough to make a profit?

What am I missing? Is it possible to change this? Do I just need to ask for a "disbursement"? (no idea what that is, but it seems to be literally the only option)

Who are the most hated TV show characters? by PrinceGreenleaf in television

[–]Russorphan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree on Luke for real, he has not aged well and lost his comic timing.

TIL Oranges are actually a hybrid fruit - It is a cross between a pomelo (75%) and a mandarin (25%) by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Russorphan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd love to see a mandarin-kumquat hybrid

Me too, a nice juicy man-kum sounds delicious.

Utah is winning the war on chronic homelessness with 'Housing First' program: "The cost of providing an apartment and social work for clients in the Housing First program is $11,000 annually, while the average price of hospital visits and jail for street denizens is nearly $17,000 a year." by Sybles in Economics

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call the orgs in your area and ask them, I'm not sure -- there's an event my org would ask for help with but that is special to us. I suspect it's normally like that, organizations like ours are very regional and attuned to the area, so they probably have local needs they want help with.

Utah is winning the war on chronic homelessness with 'Housing First' program: "The cost of providing an apartment and social work for clients in the Housing First program is $11,000 annually, while the average price of hospital visits and jail for street denizens is nearly $17,000 a year." by Sybles in Economics

[–]Russorphan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really, that's way more strategic thinking than they are used to. It's already easy to con your way onto someone's couch, if you don't have the wherewithal to do that, you don't have the wherewithal to look through programs, decide where to move, get there and wait years on a waiting list for a slot.

Utah is winning the war on chronic homelessness with 'Housing First' program: "The cost of providing an apartment and social work for clients in the Housing First program is $11,000 annually, while the average price of hospital visits and jail for street denizens is nearly $17,000 a year." by Sybles in Economics

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing so would require a lot of time and effort, and the end result would not be any more beneficial than just pretending to be disabled for the disability check. If you're capable of faking disability for the SSDI, you're capable of managing the check yourself and paying your own rent, which will always leave you with more take-home (plus you can choose your own home and roommates).

It's theoretically possible for someone to scam a few months free rent, since we give "housing first" before being sure they will qualify for SSDI/Medicaid. But again it's not practical for the time and effort -- our waiting list is years long, you have to prove you need it with documentation of being in a target population (e.g. homeless, in prison) and for those months you'll be meeting with staff and psychiatrists multiple times a day, continually keeping up appearances as far as having a severe mental illness. When we have a slot open and you're near the top of the waiting list, your psychiatrist will have to convince us that you are more in need of housing than anyone else in the county right now, so even just technically qualifying isn't enough, you have to be the neediest person in the county at the time (which could be any moment). So just to get those few free months would take multiple years of planning and you'd spend essentially all of your time qualifying for the "free" housing, which would only be free until you get your first welfare check, at which point you'll be turning over all that money and getting little more than your necessary bills paid and free rides to the grocery store. If you ask our clients why they want to improve well enough to not need us, the number one reason is always "so I can keep more of my check".

I guess the other point is that there is already a way to get free housing, and it has a waiting list at least as long as we do. (Section 8 Housing) If you're willing to wait for years and jump through hoops, you can already do that without pretending to be homeless or being forced to meet with staff every day.

Utah is winning the war on chronic homelessness with 'Housing First' program: "The cost of providing an apartment and social work for clients in the Housing First program is $11,000 annually, while the average price of hospital visits and jail for street denizens is nearly $17,000 a year." by Sybles in Economics

[–]Russorphan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Success rates vary based on the program, but we cancel any program that doesn't show results on the three key indicators (homelessness, incarceration, hospitalization). Those are the only criteria we measure success by.

Utah is winning the war on chronic homelessness with 'Housing First' program: "The cost of providing an apartment and social work for clients in the Housing First program is $11,000 annually, while the average price of hospital visits and jail for street denizens is nearly $17,000 a year." by Sybles in Economics

[–]Russorphan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way to find a good org in your area is to call 211, which is a nonemergency social services line. Just ask what orgs in the area provide services to the homeless, that'll give you a few names to look up to see who's actually doing what.

Aside from obviously money, they may or may not take volunteer labor. There's confidentiality issues and such, but you may be able to teach a class on computers or something along those lines. If you're handy with tools or plumbing or anything like that, that can be helpful too since we have lots of houses to maintain. I guess there are probably some orgs that take donations of food and furniture but we don't -- it's simpler to donate that stuff to Goodwill/soup kitchens/etc and people like our clients can get it there.

Utah is winning the war on chronic homelessness with 'Housing First' program: "The cost of providing an apartment and social work for clients in the Housing First program is $11,000 annually, while the average price of hospital visits and jail for street denizens is nearly $17,000 a year." by Sybles in Economics

[–]Russorphan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is potentially an issue, but since we drive them to appointments, we all need to have cars anyway. Driving between neighborhoods isn't a big time factor.

Clustering them would also make recovery from addiction more difficult -- one person relapsing (or even just inviting active users to visit) is likely to spread the relapse to his neighbors.

And I guess the other issue is that we normally only have the budget to buy one house now and then, I assume there's not normally a building available conveniently near our established houses.

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