People with mental illness 'should get jobs with health insurance and take care of themselves'

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41. Here's the thing you need to know about better supports for mentally ill:

They would reduce crime.

Why? Because first and foremost they would result in people with mental illness being the victims of less crimes.

That's the thing you need to understand about what I'm advocating: Its not involuntary incarceration in mental institution, its voluntary trade - you agree to certain guidelines in order to receive supports. You get a system where they can talk to counselors, etc.

So lets look at you in relation to what I'm advocating. First of all, you never lost your job so you never needed desperate support, so you don't even apply. But suppose you did. You lose your job, your feeling desperate, so you apply for the supports. You agree to hand in your weapons, stop consuming drugs and alcohol, and in turn you receive some assistance with living and meds, and counselor. You work with a job counselor, get another job so you no longer need financial supports. At this point almost no guideline restraints apply to you. You can drink, and so forth. You see a counselor for the next few months, and then you're out, back on your feet, no stigma, no more guidelines because you're independent.

Is that so scary?