Re:Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans
by xacaxulu on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @01:46AM
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I'm in my 30s, male and ostensibly white by American standards and I've been watching these sorts of trends for a while. Distrust in our certain brand of capitalism has led me to regard America with a wary eye. It has influenced a lot of my life decisions, i.e. stack cash, stay mobile/agile, no spouse, no children, etc. so that I can continually pursue the best jobs no matter when/where they appear. I luckily was able to obtain an EU passport recently via my mother, giving me a few extra countries as potential markets for work but mostly as a hedge against a (probably) meaningless 401k or just the general depressive idea of eventually being an older person in the US. Basically I'll spend my good years putting money away, and as soon as I'm sick (read, need healthcare) or ready to retire, I'll bounce back to the mother country where retirement actually looks like living rather than dying.
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Re:Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans
by ageek123 on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @02:21AM
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I guess you haven't looked to carefully into how the EU economies are doing.
Re:Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans
by tomp on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @03:03AM
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Don't worry about that, we might not have amazing growth, but the actual living standards are still amazing in the EU (specifically, Slovenia). If it changes soon (hopefully not), it's more likely to be because of the influx of immigrants/refugees, not because pf the economy.
Re:Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans
by sanoli on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @06:21AM
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The economies aren't doing good, so you count off the low-crime, free healthcare, good free education, cheap housing altogether?