Suicide rates are soaring, according to federal data released last week. Especially in economically depressed states and job-starved upstate New York. People in need of work are twice as likely to take their own lives as employed people, and people fired in their 40s and 50s find it hardest to get hired again.
That makes boosting economic growth a life-or-death issue for many. But you wouldn't know it listening to President Obama and Hillary Clinton. President Obama whitewashes reality, claiming the "American economy is pretty darn good right now."
False. The Obama economy is stalled. It grew at a measly .7 percent annualized rate the first quarter of this year. That's compared with the 3.5 percent rate the US enjoyed for most of the 20th century — what's needed to sustain employment and optimism.
True, the economy slowed under George W. Bush. Obama inherited a recession and, with it, a suicide epidemic. When the recession hit, suicide deaths suddenly started outnumbering deaths from auto accidents. But eight years later, job losses are still driving the suicide rate higher and higher.
Comment: The root of the problem can be directly attributed to psychopathic officials and their destructive influence on society. These individuals who have taken control of the U.S. have no real conscience or empathy for the masses, and it won't matter one whit who wins the next presidential election. The elites only pay lip service to the staggering social problems that have swamped the nation, as their priorities lie elsewhere.
21 signs that America is the most unhappy place in the world