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In reply to the discussion: Someday it will be crystal clear to all just what a terrible president Ronald Reagan was- [View all]lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)Right here, Faux pas has zeroed in on one of the major issues Reagan created, then RWNJ's and Fox Noise nowadays blame the Dems for not fixing:
The Gipper began dismantling mental health care under his governorship.
Ray Gun's 1981 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act repealed Carter's community health legislation, established block grants for the states, effectively killing the federal government's role in providing services to the mentally ill. Federal mental-health spending decreases by 30 percent
Forward 40 years, and we have hoardes of barking-at-moon schizophrenics who were given "Greyhound therapy" from dozens of western states (to San Francisco) wandering the streets who have no more capacity caring for themselves than helpless pre-schoolers.
It would take a cargo ship chock full of cash to fix the problem at this point. Potential patches have met with total cock-blocking by Repuglican congressional greed ever since.
I'm going to copy/paste this as a response to the OP as well. It's something that needs to be stripped down for what it is, and we need to blast these MAGA hats with the conundrum their great historical hero largely created.