Posted on Dec 30, 2015
Gun homicides steady after decline in ’90s; suicide rate edges up
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CPT (Join to see) Suicides generally spike during economic down-turns. Wages are stagnant while we see general inflation and weak growth. Housing, automobiles, education and medical costs have outpaced incomes for the last few decades. Large pockets of the middle class are living on borrowed money. It's amazing to hear the left say everything is rosy.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-americans-arent-middle-class-anymore/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/25/upshot/shrinking-middle-class.html?_r=0
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-americans-arent-middle-class-anymore/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/25/upshot/shrinking-middle-class.html?_r=0
Most Americans Aren’t Middle Class Anymore
Presidential hopefuls from both parties have been saying throughout the primary campaign that the American middle class is in trouble. Bernie Sanders says it is in the midst of “a 40-year decline.”…
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It amazes me how easily manipulated the public is and how our media is so bias-driven. That only 12% of Americans (including me) know that the gun violence rate is down that significantly in the last 20 years is ridiculous.
It amazes me how easily manipulated the public is and how our media is so bias-driven. That only 12% of Americans (including me) know that the gun violence rate is down that significantly in the last 20 years is ridiculous.
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MAJ (Join to see) Yes you are correct. I'm wondering though how the mass media coverage of shooting events has increased the Suicide by guns factor.
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