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ShazzieB

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18. I agree with you, Jakes Progress.

Reply to Jakes Progress (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:33 AM

Apr 2021

I am old enough to remember what went on during the Reagan administration and how much things changed with all the mental hospitals closing. It was a travesty and a tragedy.

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Has anything ever been done to reverse Reagan's policies that blew up the homeless problem [View all] Quixote1818 Apr 2021 OP

Reagan messed up California leftieNanner Apr 2021 #1

Blaming closing hospitals on Reagan AZProgressive Apr 2021 #2

The system was a bit different before Reagan I believe. KPN Apr 2021 #4

I personally wouldn't want to go back to the old days of mental health treatment AZProgressive Apr 2021 #5

Not all homeless are mentally ill, but many mentally ill become homeless Grokenstein Apr 2021 #11

Being homeless causes mental illness too AZProgressive Apr 2021 #13

Is that supposed to change my argument somehow Grokenstein Apr 2021 #15

Not actually. Kaleva Apr 2021 #20

Know that outside the VA KT2000 Apr 2021 #8

I also went through the private health care system too AZProgressive Apr 2021 #9

Durango! snort Apr 2021 #16

have you considered going to court to be made your friend's legal guardian? Kaleva Apr 2021 #21

You are not informed about this. Jakes Progress Apr 2021 #10

Whatever AZProgressive Apr 2021 #12

Well spoken. byronius Apr 2021 #14

I agree with you, Jakes Progress. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #18

Remind the facebookies that Reagan and that anti-government gang promised the, free market, ShazamIam Apr 2021 #3

There was a map showing the California economy compared to the rest JI7 Apr 2021 #6

No leftstreet Apr 2021 #7

Sums it up concisely! KPN Apr 2021 #23

My own experience making friends with mentally ill homeless people PurgedVoter Apr 2021 #17

The real problem is our society to begin with that destroys our souls ansible Apr 2021 #19

It's a terrible problem. I live in a red rural area in Oregon. We have a KPN Apr 2021 #22

No, we have never had power long enough to get rid of this stuff... Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #24