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In reply to the discussion: Barbara Ehrenreich: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)35. Millions of manufacturing jobs vanished.
MILLIONS. Never to be replaced.
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Barbara Ehrenreich: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate [View all]
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
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The men could no longer fulfill their reason for existence: to provide for his family and himself.
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#5
I would never have thought that as a kid with asthma and "growing out of it" I
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#23
I can tell you who the people are. They are the waitress, the construction workers, the brick layers
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#15
And I go back to what Bernie said that middle class and upper class people do not get
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#18
Don't know what the rural thing is about then, other than there always seems to be an industrial
mdbl
Dec 2015
#25
This is a huge factor. Poor diet/smoking. My husband works in a blue-collar male dominated
TwilightGardener
Dec 2015
#24
"better nutrition and medical care" -- but both have been undermined severely.
phantom power
Dec 2015
#17
I am sure that the men's health agencies have it all figured out since research has
LiberalArkie
Dec 2015
#37