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In reply to the discussion: Mentally ill people.. [View all]juajen
(8,515 posts)We seemed to have enough money in the past to take care of the mentally ill, now, they walk among us in desperate circumstances when they should be receiving treatment. A great percentage are drug addicted and homeless, and, many are veterans. It really is a disgrace.
We have soldiers coming home from military service in dire need of help for their mental state as well as physical conditions, with very little money, comparatively speaking, forthcoming from their government. Military aftercare benefits are a joke; hence organizations begging for help from an already impoverished country, begging us over the airwaves to commit to a monthly amount to help our poor veterans. So, they suck the money out of the treasury for their wars, and then beg us to contribute to their mental and physical health, when what was promised them is negated by "we just don't have the money." Still, Defense is by far this country's greatest expense. Waste in military spending is rampant, but they want to do away with help for the poor and hungry among us. I hope this cash cow is broken somehow. I believe I am dreaming.