Deaths from despair in older white males in the United states

[DougBH]

Is the point of the research that it is better to be prosperous and employed if you need a job? Ok. I’ll concede that would be a good goal. I think I would concede that without the study.

[biggestal99]

@Weedhopper

Whites are the majority, are you still hell bent on attacking whites for not working knowing this?

Not attacking anyone just want to know why politicians are allowing this to happen.

These people are being left behind to die as they see fit.

Allan

[biggestal99]

@highroller

That is mainly how I feel. I would like to help them, but they don’t seem to want help. They just want things the way they were, but that world died in the 80s. Our leaders both Republican and Democratic will not allow that world to come back.

I wish Trump had just pulled us out of NAFTA and the WTO

Is our goal now to go backwards. The 80s have come and gone.
My first job at ATT in the 80s was answering phones and taking messages. Technology knocked me out of that job. I have progressed though the ranks and now am an Operation Specialist. It’s just a matter of acquiring the skills that are needed. Lucky for me I had the opportunity to progress.

Allan

[highroller]

That’s the thing. We’re not going backwards. That world is dead, and I feel for them but I can’t help them.

[Oryx]

@Camp

While suicide is clearly an ACT of despair…the article references lives in despair which becomes way too broad and assuming.

If you want to address suicide then talk about suicide. That is a good start to solve the problem.

Despair often leads to suicide. If you want to address suicide, one must study its causes, even if they make you feel uncomfortable.

[AngraMainyu]

Why do you hate capitalism?

[Jezcoe]

@highroller

@Jezcoe

I feel sorry and not sorry for them at the same time.

That is mainly how I feel. I would like to help them, but they don’t seem to want help. They just want things the way they were, but that world died in the 80s. Our leaders both Republican and Democratic will not allow that world to come back.

I wish Trump had just pulled us out of NAFTA and the WTO.

Those are things that are never going to happen.

The thing that would work in my opinion is to … I know i know… make sure that any person in the US who has a full time job doesn’t have to rely on public assistance to make a living.

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@Weedhopper

the proof is in how easy it was for Trump to lower the unemployment rate to a 50 year low.

Go Trump! He did it all on his own as shown in the chart below

[Forcefield]

@Weedhopper

This is a result of years of past Administrations selling out American jobs to their new world order Globalist friends, the proof is in how easy it was for Trump to lower the unemployment rate to a 50 year low.

Not only that but he single-handedly OVERNIGHT solved the job participation crisis, cured the BLS of their book-cooking, and made the employment numbers REAL. It’s really really amazing. Really.

[Weedhopper]

He had to first erase Obama’s policies that were hurting America.

Trump poised to erase Obama policies

[BillBrown]

The articles are cached in so much psycho babble it’s difficult to understand what they are trying to say.
What does “prime age” mean? Middle age? Old age? I have no idea.
Which “preventable deaths”? Obesity? Unmanaged diabetes? Smoking related? There are hundreds to choose from.

[sikofit]

It’s not accurate because they didn’t dumb it down?

[BillBrown]

@sikofit

It’s not accurate because they didn’t dumb it down?

Did I say it’s not accurate?
Please quote where I said that and tell me why you suggested that I said that.

[sikofit]

My mistake, I misread. I thought there was more to the post and didn’t realize you were simply saying you didn’t understand the article.

[Forcefield]

@Weedhopper

He had to first erase Obama’s policies that were hurting America.

He continued Obama’s policies, which continued the trend of employment. Look at that graph again.

[BillBrown]

@sikofit

My mistake, I misread. I thought there was more to the post and didn’t realize you were simply saying you didn’t understand the article.

No problem.

[Weedhopper]

Nope! he was erased!

[gooddad409]

@Axxowiz

No skin pigmentation should be judged with a broad brush according Dr King. I live in Seattle make pretty good money got in the housing market at a very good time and things went well. I can start driving through the state of Washington and see very quickly how other people are a lot less fortunate regardless of skin color.

When I visit my family I see poor whites and poor blacks living together in Nashville none of these people are privileged. And they live together, unlike here in Seattle. The real privileged class on the whole are not living the diverse dream they preach about it’s the poor that are.

I drove through the Appalachian Mountains a few years back when we were going to Washington DC and got to see some of the most poor people I’ve ever seen in my entire life, they were white unprivileged, unhealthy, and it looked like Caucasian version of Bangladesh. One could call me privileged if they need to but these people are far from it.

Good post. The whole white privilege claim is BS anyway. Just something else to whine about.

Personally I am 66, retired, and happy as a clam!

[Axxowiz]

I am not sure why the democrats lost Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia staring in 2000 those were solid Democratic states not long ago

1996 electoral map

[sikofit]

@Axxowiz

I am not sure why the democrats lost Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia staring in 2000 those were solid Democratic states not long ago

1996 electoral map

Sure about that?