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Saturday, January 06, 2018

Millennial Deaths Surge As Opioid Crisis Deepens

Despite all the chatter surrounding the ‘globalized synchronized growth’ narrative rocketing equity markets to the moon, and or the constant bombardment of news stories about newly minted Bitcoin and Ripple millionaires living in their parents’ basement, the fracturing of the real and the financial economies has become more evident than ever, as many young millennials who are trapped in the real economy with high debts and wage stagnation are dying at an alarming clip.

The figures are so concerning that millennials deaths have shifted the overall life expectancy rate for the United States lower for the second consecutive year. The last time this occurred, it was the early 1960s when the stock market zoomed to new highs, but then, shortly thereafter, experienced a sizeable downturn,

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The numbers reported by the CDC does not support this... Trump gave you all 39 billion to fight (pocket) opiate crises so no reason keep talking about. Every 10 years it ALWAYS SOMETHING. remember the 80s we had to unplug all electrical products because of "low energy". It's all a racket.

Anonymous said...

Who cares. This government spent 30 years watching the crack epidemic destroy minority communities and they did nothing. Let the opiates addicts die. Why spend money and increase the deficit for the privileged who are afraid to live. This country is nothing but a dope fend and alcoholic nation. No wonder countries abroad are trying to kill this nation. They DON"T want their kids to be like American kids and learn bad habits, how to behave lot spoiled rotten BRATs.