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Bennyboy

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4. Well when you have no job, no healthcare, no prescriptions

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2013, 02:15 PM

May 2013

to take care of the various maladies you get by the time you are 50, that is what you get. You've been outsourced, been told you are too old to hire (Not discrimination if they have the data to back that up) and not yet on SSI or disability (takes three years and more) and you have chronic pain, diabetes,etc.. you have to imagine that the suicide rate is rising.

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Suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged Americans, CDC finds [View all] Redfairen May 2013 OP

The stress of being 50 something and out of a job liberal N proud May 2013 #1

Drop That Age To 42. That Is Prime Chop Time In The New Economy. TheMastersNemesis May 2013 #2

Redfairen donnasgirl May 2013 #3

Well when you have no job, no healthcare, no prescriptions Bennyboy May 2013 #4

"The number of suicides among people in their 50s doubled" SunSeeker May 2013 #5

Well, that's one way to reduce Social Security spending ... Myrina May 2013 #6

THis is not going to end AngryAmish May 2013 #7

with out a job is one major stresser, without enough income to pay local taxes, hoa fees makes Sunlei May 2013 #8

Very sad...about the U.S.A...k and r..nt Stuart G May 2013 #9

Oh shoot I thought I had matriculated from middle age already.... kickysnana May 2013 #10

It's to be expected, there's a real shortage of ice floes thanks to global warming n/t Fumesucker May 2013 #11

yes Steerpike May 2013 #12