Hey Off-Topic!

[Mise]

So I guess the FDIC would give bonuses, being as they're funded by banks? (I'm assuming your FDIC is funded in the same way as the UK version does.)

 

[classical_hero]

So we now know who to blame should economy go south.

 

[Antilogic]

So we now know who to blame should economy go south.

The name works perfectly. Just try sitting down, raising a clenched fist and shaking it, and then scream "JERICHO!!!" Really drag it out while tightening your jaw and neck.

 

[JerichoHill]

So I guess the FDIC would give bonuses, being as they're funded by banks? (I'm assuming your FDIC is funded in the same way as the UK version does.)

Our FDIC is funded by the deposit insurance premiums banks pay.

So we now know who to blame should economy go south.

Yes. Absolutely, but only if housing is mucked up.

The name works perfectly. Just try sitting down, raising a clenched fist and shaking it, and then scream "JERICHO!!!" Really drag it out while tightening your jaw and neck.

Random Fact: My username comes from Stephen King's Dark Tower Series. JerichoHill was the location of the last battle between the forces of order (the gunslingers) and chaos (Randall Flagg)

 

[classical_hero]

Yes. Absolutely, but only if housing is mucked up.

Who knows, if you were in that area when the worst of it was happening, perhaps you might have been able to do something about it.

 

[Hygro]

I control climate, food prices, wages, housing costs, and other factors you'd suspect.

uh oh.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Good to see you posting again jerro.

And thanks for telling the origins of your username. It always sounded familiar.

 

[JerichoHill]

Who knows, if you were in that area when the worst of it was happening, perhaps you might have been able to do something about it.

Let's not hope for miracles

 

[BSmith1068]

That's a pretty sweet salary.

It is DC though, so the cost of living is somewhat higher than many other places in the country. That 90k won’t go as far there as other places. Still not bad though.

Welcome back JH. TBH I haven’t really been around OT much lately either, so I didn’t really know you were gone! Wish I could meet up with you guys in DC, but it’s a bit of a hike for me now.

 

[Quackers]

$90k/year?! Jesus, GJ!

Above a certain level of income the marginal utility of income diminishes to a pitiful amount, iirc i believe it's like £10k - if you could wire the rest to Quackers, UK i could improve my own indifference curves over here

 

[GoodGame]

Depends on the agency and how they are funded, taxpayer or own funded.



The model I work with will only hold for largish cities. I can control for climate, food prices, wages, housing costs, and other factors you'd suspect.

There are some largish cities in the South though. Just saying.

 

[JerichoHill]

It is DC though, so the cost of living is somewhat higher than many other places in the country. That 90k won’t go as far there as other places. Still not bad though.

Welcome back JH. TBH I haven’t really been around OT much lately either, so I didn’t really know you were gone! Wish I could meet up with you guys in DC, but it’s a bit of a hike for me now.

90K will be solidly upper middle in DC.

$90k/year?! Jesus, GJ!

Above a certain level of income the marginal utility of income diminishes to a pitiful amount, iirc i believe it's like £10k - if you could wire the rest to Quackers, UK i could improve my own indifference curves over here

I don't make 90K a year. 90K is a starting salary one could expect with a phd. I've been in the gov't nearly a decade.

And yes, there are clearly diminishing returns. I'm far more interested in the quality of work / life than I am in an additional 5K.

There are some largish cities in the South though. Just saying.

And I have them included!

 

[classical_hero]

Soon you'll be part of the 1%.