Addiction. Domestic abuse. Suicide. Rampant delinquency & crime. Homelessness & hunger. Child trauma. Think of the billions we spend trying to treat the symptoms & you see the idiocy of the fact we don’t remove the economic despair that’s their most prevalent cause to begin with
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saying these problems are economic is also completely irresponsible.
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It sure as hell is not. What’s irresponsible is distracting people from the part that chronic economic stress and anxiety play in the lives of tens of millions of people who in their despair develop personal dysfunctions that they could otherwise avoid.

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It is not just economic despair - it goes deeper - a loss of meaning, purpose, agency in one’s life, stress of an erratic shifting terrain over which one has little control - economics sorely need to be addressed but without the latter, the impact may not be great.
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But yet we keep electing the same old politicians with same old staid ideas hoping for a change. We get the politicians we deserve
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Exactly. And try being bipolar/mentally ill, and trying to survive with no medical care. Expected to work full time for mere survival. We can do better. I appreciate you speaking up for us Marianne. Truly do. Means a lot.
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