Suicides rise and fall with economy: CDC report | Reuters.
CHICAGO | Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:17pm EDT (Reuters) – Suicides in the United States ebb and flow with the economy, rising in bad times and falling in good, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
It is an important finding for policy makers and those working to prevent suicide.
This is ”an important finding” only to those who think that one can take one’s own life, and that one’s economic circumstances are the origin of the thought that one will eliminate one’s problems by attempting to do so.
To those who think that this is “an important finding”, the solution for the prevention of suicide is more of the “policy” which is causing it. Believing the lie that more money equals less suicide is a lie that separates one from God, who is one’s life. The rejection of his point of view is suicide.
(Why are taxpayers paying the “center” for the control and prevention of disease to study the effect of the economy on suicide anyway? Is the economy a disease? The suicidal taxpayer is giving “the center” money to make the finding that the taxpayer is suicidal because he doesn’t have enough money. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the people who are allegedly governing themselves.)
Update: It was brought to my attention that suicide is considered by “the center” to be a disease, and that this justifies its study of the effect of the economy on the suicide rate of its sponsor. To my way of thinking this simply makes my point that those of this world do not share God’s point of view.
This bit of satire from The Onion is hilarious, particularly if you share my disdain for social networking.