Reply #10: mentally ill were emptied from state hosps by new tranquilizers in

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seventies, but apparently LBJ's programs guaranted them housing vouchers. Till RR came along and cut two thirds of vouchers.

the writer in the WP must have been confused by that first wave of hospital emptyings. Another wave came in the nineties, as the GOP at state levels cut funds for state hosps for the insane, even the criminally insane. Cut by a half.

When you see a heinous crime.. school shooting, serial killer and the like,.. blame the republicans.

we used to lock up and treat the criminally insane. Now, appears that half are no longer locked up or even treated. These crimes are directly the result of republican pennypinching. Republicans live in gated communities. What do they care?

BTW, i need to point out that most of the homeless are not dangerous. Another article found that something like only seven percent are mentally ill, and of those, i wager most are harmless types. Most are just plain poor, some physically sick, and a low percentage are the old-time alcoholics.