Unemployed suicides are up... anyone up to donate?

[Le_Jacquelope]

I knew things were bad but I honestly didn’t realize things were this bad for the unemployed…

http://www.mlive.com/michigan-job-search/index.ssf/2010/08/suicide_is_a_growing_problem_among_the_l.html

I donate money to a lot of stuff but this shit’s got me hurrying to open my wallet. I’ve been dirt poor in the past and it’s something I’ll never forget.
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetInvolved/Donate.aspx

[twickster]

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[ExTank]

@Le_Jacquelope

I knew things were bad but I honestly didn’t realize things were this bad for the unemployed…

http://www.mlive.com/michigan-job-search/index.ssf/2010/08/suicide_is_a_growing_problem_among_the_l.html

I donate money to a lot of stuff but this shit’s got me hurrying to open my wallet. I’ve been dirt poor in the past and it’s something I’ll never forget.
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetInvolved/Donate.aspx

Well, at least the Obama administration can truthfully claim unemployment is down on their watch.

[twickster]

An inappropriate political jab in this thread, ExTank. Knock it off.

twickster, MPSIMS mod

[Two_Many_Cats]

Sad, but not surprising.

Well, if nothing else shows up, I plan to be a street musician beggar. Beats killing myself I guess.

Gotta start practicing that dulcimer though.

[pbbth]

@Two_Many_Cats

Sad, but not surprising.

Well, if nothing else shows up, I plan to be a street musician beggar. Beats killing myself I guess.

Gotta start practicing that dulcimer though.

My husband is bald and I have told him if he can’t find a job before the unemployment runs out he is going to wear a yellow shirt with a wavy brown line on it and carry a broken kite and panhandle in Times Square. He has regular job interviews and such so I don’t think it will come to that, but if it does at least we have a plan.