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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:35 PM Original message |
"Reagan shut down all the insane asylums, creating the homeless problem" |
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DODI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I know they shut down a couple in CT at that time. |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. They had an idea that these people could be handled 'in the |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. If I remember right |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. There was massive shutdown |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, it was called "deinstitutionalization" |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's true. He shut them down in Calif. as Gov. then moved to the big-time |
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politicaholic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think there were layers to what he did... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. I know many librarians who work at public libraries... |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. My friend is a family services psychologist in Florida |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. He didn't shut anything down directly... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sorry, people are homeless because they want to be homeless... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:49 PM Original message |
Largest percentage of homeless in US are children |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Only partially true |
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legally blonde (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm by no means an expert in this area |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. When the mental institutions closed, the words street people became a |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm not sure about actually shutting down, but I know a person can only st |
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