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Sekhmets Daughter

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6. This particular piece of crap dates back to Reagan....

Reply to Little Star (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 08:21 PM

Apr 2013

So many of our homeless, during the 1980s, were those who had been kicked out of state mental hospitals. I am beginning to worry that our day of reckoning may be approaching, faster than we think.

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Nevada buses hundreds of mentally ill patients to cities around country [View all] Little Star Apr 2013 OP

And then they complain about the homeless.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #1

Yeah! Health-care in the USA is just great ain't it? Put them on a bus and forget about them... Little Star Apr 2013 #3

This particular piece of crap dates back to Reagan.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #6

WTH? GreenPartyVoter Apr 2013 #2

Greyhound therapy HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #4

Oh, I am sure they are. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2013 #5

A real shame! Newest Reality Apr 2013 #7

Yeah I know,you a single adult? undergroundpanther Apr 2013 #25

wow, that's unbelievable. barbtries Apr 2013 #8

Just dump people off the bus with no meds and no ID. Shrike47 Apr 2013 #9

How cruel! burrowowl Apr 2013 #10

Wow! Damn! Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #11

Los Angeles did it to Las Vegas just before the 84 Olympics. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #12

Generally this sad situation has been going on for quite some time. Wellstone ruled Apr 2013 #13

If this is how we are going to deal with budget cuts GitRDun Apr 2013 #14

Boom! valerief Apr 2013 #20

After how I ended up in Sprinfield after Joplin... Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #15

i bet many are sent to la Liberal_in_LA Apr 2013 #16

Shit. Salem, Oregon (the state hospital here) has been doing the same thing for 20 years or better. cliffordu Apr 2013 #17

This sounds similar to what Reagan did to the mentally ill... midnight Apr 2013 #18

Rich people will spend money on Senators but not taxes. nt valerief Apr 2013 #19

There are some stories that make me want to pick up my computer and smash it against the wall. BeliQueen Apr 2013 #21

Some hospital administrator has made a big bonus from all the savings. McCamy Taylor Apr 2013 #22

Hey, they missed Sharon Angle. JEB Apr 2013 #23

Hardly anyone is from Nevada; I guess they are sending them home. FarCenter Apr 2013 #24

No, the article says pnwmom Apr 2013 #29

You mean they've stopped flying them to Hawai'i? KamaAina Apr 2013 #26

We All Know What Its Wrong In This Country, It's Right Wing Dystopia, It Will Be The Death Of Us cantbeserious Apr 2013 #27

WTF, indeed ReRe Apr 2013 #28

This is how Nevada manages to spend half as much on mental health as the average state. n/t pnwmom Apr 2013 #30