The Denver post yesterday had a story quoting a study which said people who live in areas with high unemployment live longer. The author was surprised by the results. Suicides go up, but heart attacks and motor vehicle accidents go down. The heart attack numbers confuse me as I found being unemployed more stressful than working. The more interesting aspect of this story is why did it make the news? Trying to find the good side of the obamarecession?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
I know I am drinking less coffee, less free company popcorn, and less fast food lunches since not working. And definitely less commuting during crazy time.
If you want to be, press one. If you want not to be, press 2
Republicans are red, democrats are blue, neither of them, gives a flip about you.
I wonder if the new rules on unemployment extensions has perverted the normal stresses of being out of work.
One of my friends who had been out of work for awhile, actually was hoping Colorado's unemployment rate would stay high, if it dropped, extended unemployment benefits wouldn't be granted.
Luckily she eventually found a goverment job buying stuff for the stimulus.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Perhaps you got my point, but perhaps you missed it.
I bet it is another variable....like unemployment is higher in the rural areas and people from rural areas have less stress, or something like that, but that the two happen to show up in the same group for different reasons, not causing one and another, at least not directly.
Agree, the death rate change could be for a lot of different reasons than just unemployment. For instance, employed people have more income for drink and drugs, and that could lead to a higher mortality.
One of my coworkers used to be a probation officer fo Jeffco and the old CW was that crime went up during recessions, but he found it to be the opposite, saw more property crimes during a recession, but more drug and alcohol related crimes when people had excess cash.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
