U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis said Friday that some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.
Instead of worrying about some imaginary suicide problem in Wyoming, Lummis could be doing something about a real suicide problem (from an article by Baylie Evans in the 8/28/10 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle):
Since 1999, Wyoming has had one of highest suicide rates in the nation. In 2002, 2003 and 2006, Wyoming had the highest rate of any state.People such as Rep. Lummis, no doubt.
It's a statistic that many say is unacceptable, but is largely ignored or avoided by the general public.
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Wyoming youth, said Keith Hotle, the suicide prevention team leader with the Wyoming Department of Health. Only car crashes kill more teens.
If a new disease was the second-leading cause of death for youth, "that would be front page news all over the state," he said.
Instead, the topic makes people cringe.
Has she shown similar outrage about this real problem?
Read the rest of WTE's disturbing article at http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2010/08/29/news/01top_08-29-10.txt
2 comments:
Perhaps Lummis failed to confront it because she can't use it as a scare tactic for votes.
She specializes in fear.
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