perhaps a good part of drug overdoses due to lack of medical insurance coverage for pain, undetermined illnesses, no doctors / nurses available, no medical insurance at all...? the clinton-obama attempts to provide some relief for USA poor, lower middle class, workers, failed. and overdose (self treatment) escalated....
What we are seeing is the tragic toll globalization has taken on the working class in this country. There is massive inequality in America, and no one is doing anything about it. Manufacturing jobs have disappeared there is little more than minimum wage jobs in retail and nursing homes for people without a college degree. At the same time, those with degrees leave college with a mountain of debt and few prospects. Because of Covid we spent billions on relief without paying for it, and now inflation is taking a huge bite out of people living on the edge. The Republicans keep cutting taxes and keeping Democrats from raising them. We needed to help people during Covid, but we can't help people or solve problems without paying for it. While the media prattles on about race and gender the poor (the real marginalized) are ignored. It is simple, there a lot of people who have lost hope and that leaves them wanting to obliterate reality with alcohol and drugs.
When one fights a dictator as dedicated, well-entrenched and well-supported as Putin, forethought rather than afterthoughts should have been one's weapon.
perhaps a good part of drug overdoses due to lack of medical insurance coverage for pain, undetermined illnesses, no doctors / nurses available, no medical insurance at all...? the clinton-obama attempts to provide some relief for USA poor, lower middle class, workers, failed. and overdose (self treatment) escalated....
What we are seeing is the tragic toll globalization has taken on the working class in this country. There is massive inequality in America, and no one is doing anything about it. Manufacturing jobs have disappeared there is little more than minimum wage jobs in retail and nursing homes for people without a college degree. At the same time, those with degrees leave college with a mountain of debt and few prospects. Because of Covid we spent billions on relief without paying for it, and now inflation is taking a huge bite out of people living on the edge. The Republicans keep cutting taxes and keeping Democrats from raising them. We needed to help people during Covid, but we can't help people or solve problems without paying for it. While the media prattles on about race and gender the poor (the real marginalized) are ignored. It is simple, there a lot of people who have lost hope and that leaves them wanting to obliterate reality with alcohol and drugs.
Thank you for your good reporting.
The question now is always, why does the West, individually and collectively, actively commit suicide?
When one fights a dictator as dedicated, well-entrenched and well-supported as Putin, forethought rather than afterthoughts should have been one's weapon.