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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by user5994461 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:53PM (#13908183)
> For most people here, $500 is crazy. People in rural America tend to be poor.

They had the $500, they just chose to spend it on the latest iPhone.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by tomrod on Sunday March 19, 2017 @02:44PM (#13908858)
Maybe, maybe not. This does happen, of course, but I'm not sure it's generalizable.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by loeg on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:41PM (#13911498)
Grandparent poster is just making a snarky comment based on recent events. (Republican) congressman Jason Chaffetz recently suggested that poor people should be able to afford healthcare if they skipped buying the latest iphone.
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