tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post4468829033183511434..comments2024-03-27T01:57:19.605-04:00Comments on Return To Excellence: From Discouraged Worker To Suicide VictimReturnToExcellence.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18149859814999976879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-72251071651114960502014-09-20T18:48:01.402-04:002014-09-20T18:48:01.402-04:00Excellent post. However I would hasten to add it i...Excellent post. However I would hasten to add it is not "only the fault of the person himself".<br /><br />Politicians and liberal activists who espouse that the government will "take care of them" cradle to the grave are just as culpable. Just look around at the major US cities that leftist liberal politicians and their cronies have been in charge of. I would venture that the highest percentage of suicides come from these areas.<br />DCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776665703590564248.post-9549335036995371372014-09-18T18:31:25.252-04:002014-09-18T18:31:25.252-04:00Discouraged worker good article. This is a very b...Discouraged worker good article. This is a very big problem, not only in U.S., but elsewhere.<br /><br />Prices go up, and wages same or up a little. Living wage for many does not exist, that is why you read in papers family member has to take 2 or 3 jobs to survive, and some sleep in their cars for "cat nap" with motor on - they do not wakeup due to carbon monoxide fumes entering car.<br /> <br />Many lose their jobs due to automation.<br /> <br />If over 40 or so, they have hard time finding "full " employment. Many cannot get decent jobs, live off their savings, then give up, to join ranks of unemployed<br /> <br />During "depression" years they had "soup kitchens" for unemployed people stood in line for a cup of soup. <br /> <br />They say our economy is in good shape - what happens when it goes the opposite way??The Historiannoreply@blogger.com