There's something terribly wrong': Americans are dying young at alarming rates

[smirkymonkey]

76. I spoke to a friend tonight, who is from a fairly rich family and even has a trust fund, and she

is in despair over what Trump and the republicans are doing. She feels hopeless and depressed. She has always tended toward the depressive side, but if someone like her who has all her basic needs provided for (and yes, she also has a job) feels despair, I can't imagine how it must feel for people who are barely scraping by.

I know a lot of people here will think she has no right to feel depressed because she has money, but she also has feelings. (FYI, she is not one of these rich debutante types, just someone who has a free place to live and some extra spending money.) However all those people who are thrown into emotional and mental despair on top of being in despair over providing for their basic needs - rent, food, health care, basic necessities - must be feeling so much worse. We are a very uncaring, callous society. It's all about survival of the fittest in this nation and anyone who can't cope is considered to be a loser.

I am not buying into this booming economy shit. The economy is only booming for one class of people and it isn't most of us. It's a huge fucking lie. I am squeezed more and more every year. My income is not keeping up with my expenses and it is definitely a huge stressor.

I can understand why so many people are losing motivation and giving up. I am not quite there yet, but it would only take a few major blows for me to be where they are.