New Suicide Trend Vs. "It’s a Wonderful Life"

Wonderful Life
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Contemplates Suicide

Findings were released today of a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found suicide rates track inversely with the economy – so when things are financially good suicide rates drop, but when the economy slips the self-kill rate goes up.

Full details of the study will be published in the American Journal of Public Health and the story from Reuters can be accessed at this link. http://tinyurl.com/3vzjgwr

I guess that type of trend should not come as a surprise, but it is troubling to me because it clearly shows how misguided our materialistic priorities seem to be in this country.

The first thing that came to mind when I read this Reuters’ story, was Frank Capra’s classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life.”  In that 1939 movie, screen legend Jimmy Stewart portrays a clerk at a family-owned building and loan in a small upstate New York town.