Effects of Economic Hardship

After I read "The Financial Crisis Is Driving Hordes of Americans to Suicide" on Alternet, I was really shocked to hear that as our economy worsens, the number of people commiting crimes and suicide has increased. How sad is it that things are getting so bad in our country, that people who are suffering from the bad economic times, see no other way out than taking their lives and leaving their families with the problems. The number of bank robberies have increased because people are robbing banks to pay their rent to avoid getting evicted. I think that instead of always bailing out the high power executives, why doesn't the government implement a plan to help people by foreclosure forgivness and set them up on a plan so they dont' lose their homes. I think that serious steps need to be taken to help the ordinary people as well as wall street, otherwise it is going to be a lot more difficult to get out of this recession.