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Bluenorthwest

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11. Reagan was the worst President ever, but US crime rates have been falling

Sat Apr 19, 2014, 09:45 AM

Apr 2014

since the 1990s and are currently similar to 1960s crime rates. So there has not been any raise in crime in the US, much less an incredible one. I find it annoying that this bit of incorrect rhetoric mars a perfectly good opportunity to slam Reagan, who started dismantling mental health care in CA as Governor.

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The Reagan deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill and the incredible increase of crime in the US [View all] Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 OP

I will never understand how so many people fell for Reagan's act Skittles Apr 2014 #1

Making veiled racism fashionable worked wonders. HughBeaumont Apr 2014 #4

worst part is Skittles Apr 2014 #15

He appealed to older white Americans who pined for their uncomplicated lives and teens because he Boomerproud Apr 2014 #21

I agree. Here's where the mentally disabled are being housed now.... Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #24

And if you're depressed and have no addictions to drugs or alcohol, they have no groups for you Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2014 #2

Very true. LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #8

I don't know how things pipi_k Apr 2014 #12

Hmm. Must be miserably bad programs. Here's where the mentally disabled is being treated now Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #26

I think some of this started before Reagan but, yes, he did his share. Sognefjord Apr 2014 #3

The roots of deinstitutionalization (aka community-based out-patient treatment) are pre-WW2 HereSince1628 Apr 2014 #7

Thank you! loyalsister Apr 2014 #22

Anybody remember Thomas Szasz? The Time is Now Apr 2014 #13

Geraldo on Willowbrook was 1970...Wiseman's doc on Bridgewater (Titticut Follies) was 1967 HereSince1628 Apr 2014 #18

Thank you for posting this. I had never heard of him. nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #27

There has been an incredible increase in "mental illness-related" calls to police, not pampango Apr 2014 #5

Mentally ill are no more violent than the rest of the population (5%)... Mondavi Apr 2014 #6

Medicine is heading in a highly customizable direction and it is sorely needed for medicine for liberal_at_heart Apr 2014 #19

The original HBP medicine.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #25

well of course it would be better if the profits were taken out of it. I'm just saying that liberal_at_heart Apr 2014 #30

Don't think people are bashing medications.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #37

I need to say auntsue Apr 2014 #41

Unfortunately, Big Pharma continues to profit from addictive drugs.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #47

Untreated mentally ill are dangerous. There are groups such as Scientology, who are against Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #29

There are people in our Pentagon, Military, Corporations who are deranged.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #48

This is a different topic. nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #50

When you talk about "dangerous" people, it is the same topic... Mondavi Apr 2014 #51

Thanks to St. Ronnie and his acolytes prison is the new mental health system. raouldukelives Apr 2014 #9

It's a sad truth, but... pipi_k Apr 2014 #14

One very obvious answer is universal health care ... Mondavi Apr 2014 #28

The answer for some is institutionalization. Not like that in the Middle Ages, but one in which Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #31

The Answer RobinA Apr 2014 #40

What incredible increase? The overall crime rate has been decreasing for the past 20 years. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #10

There is still the 800 pound gorilla in the room: white collar crime. Initech Apr 2014 #17

Here's the difference... Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #33

Reagan was the worst President ever, but US crime rates have been falling Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #11

Would we even be able to institutionalize now? Lonusca Apr 2014 #16

We need better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and medicines, not institutionalization. liberal_at_heart Apr 2014 #20

Reagan sucked but he was not responsible Progressive dog Apr 2014 #23

Reagan sucked, but "incredible increase in crime?" Links? Eleanors38 Apr 2014 #32

Here's where the mentally ill with no care end up because they commit crimes and end up in prison... Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #34

So it not really an overall increase in crime but rather an increase of mentally ill in prisons. Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #45

The mentally ill who require others to care for them Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #46

It would be interesting to know what the "crimes" are actually.... Mondavi Apr 2014 #49

Mental illness needs to be treated but many families are not able to afford Thinkingabout Apr 2014 #35

In most communities there are very few options for mentally ill adults etherealtruth Apr 2014 #36

Time to "tear down" the Reagan myth. JEFF9K Apr 2014 #38

Here ya go! Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #39

At the library used-book sale ... JEFF9K Apr 2014 #43

Wow, I just looked that up on Amazon, and I'm going to order it. Thank you! It should be Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #44

Yes, Reagan cut fed funding to mental hospitals.... HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #42