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Aristus

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14. I've talked to right-wingers before about the best way to improve the homeless situation

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 05:29 PM

Oct 2022

in the United States, and that it includes reversing a lot of what Ronald Reagan did. They don't want to hear it, though, because they worship at the altar of St. Ronald.

Every. Single. Day. I have patients who fall into one or another of the categories listed in the article. If anyone ever tells you that homeless people "choose" to be homeless, just tell them that some people find living on the streets preferable to the horrific conditions found in many of these for-profit mental health nursing facilities.

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I've always heard that Reagan eliminated mental health care in the USA [View all] Coventina Oct 2022 OP

👀 underpants Oct 2022 #1

He was still very much in his right mind when he was elected governor of California Hekate Oct 2022 #16

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2022 #2

Yes. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #3

Reagan was a fascist asshole I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #4

That was over 40 years ago Ex Lurker Oct 2022 #8

People forget he was California governor from 1967-1975. That was when he closed down ... Hekate Oct 2022 #17

Why hasn't California reopened them all in the 45 years since Reagan was governor MichMan Oct 2022 #22

Why do you think? Hekate Oct 2022 #26

Probably because since then we've had Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #28

Exactly. paleotn Oct 2022 #30

They have one now, correct? MichMan Oct 2022 #32

Yes, and legislation has been passed recently Mr.Bill Oct 2022 #33

Im mentally ill I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #38

K&R Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #5

The GOP sold it as a way to get patients closer to their homes Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #6

You're right about that. The other part that's often unsaid is Ex Lurker Oct 2022 #10

mentally ill pamdb Oct 2022 #7

As a user of public libraries, I am well aware. Coventina Oct 2022 #9

You are 100% correct. paleotn Oct 2022 #31

At that time Los Angeles was buying one way bus tickets to The_Casual_Observer Oct 2022 #11

Gov Reagan was connected to the businesses making $$ from closing state psych hospitals mnhtnbb Oct 2022 #12

I wish I could rec your post! Coventina Oct 2022 #13

++ appalachiablue Oct 2022 #37

+1 progressoid Oct 2022 #42

I've talked to right-wingers before about the best way to improve the homeless situation Aristus Oct 2022 #14

They need to put sociopaths I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #39

You know this "nostalgia" for the 1950s? Part of it is this: there were no beggars in the streets.... Hekate Oct 2022 #15

He did in CA. demosincebirth Oct 2022 #18

Before, it was much easier to have someone committed Kaleva Oct 2022 #19

And, perhaps it was too easy. Coventina Oct 2022 #20

The issue now is that the mentally ill are in charge of their treatment Kaleva Oct 2022 #24

The evidence based care I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #40

Exactly. I have 2 different friends who each had an adolescent that suffered a psychotic break... Hekate Oct 2022 #25

The shuttered mental hospitals because they wasted money on sick people. Chainfire Oct 2022 #21

ACLU fought against confining people against their will and won Kaleva Oct 2022 #27

Since I have often read this charge, I was waiting to read how Reagan did it. former9thward Oct 2022 #23

It would be nice if more people read your post hardluck Oct 2022 #36

My mother still rants about this to this day. BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #29

Somehow Reagan did it with a Democratic House for his entire two terms MichMan Oct 2022 #34

It's a lot more difficult to build something than to tear something down. Coventina Oct 2022 #35

This was exactly what awakened me politically. Total clarity about the difference between D & R. JudyM Oct 2022 #41