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Re: Railroads, Cities, Counties and Vagrants
Author: Whiskey Tango
Date: 12-13-2019 - 10:46
The Shadow Wrote:
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> Let's see now. The homeless "problem" became acute
> after the mid-1970s closing of age-old mental
> hospitals, such as Agnew State Hospital, where
> "mentally incompetent" people were housed. This
> was a result of several factors: ongoing
> maltreatment of the "patients" (read: inmates),
> the development of anti-psychotic drugs, and the
> desire to reduce budgets. The theory was: we can
> close the hospital to avoid the overhead costs,
> give the patients the medication, and they could
> fend for themselves.
>
> This all came to pass under Governor Ronald
> Reagan. The hospital were sold off and developers
> got their bucks, and cities (SF, LA, etc.) by in
> large were left holding the sack after it became
> more than apparent that self-medication was
> unworkable because these people were essentially
> incompetent to take care of themselves. Reagan was
> a darling of the GOP -still is- and never mind the
> political leanings of money grubbing developers.
> However, you Ministry of Truthers always blame the
> DEMs.
Yeah! That SOB RINO Reagan gave us Amnesty and passed the gun control act of 1986. Don’t tell me the Dems don’t secretly worship him
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> Let's see now. The homeless "problem" became acute
> after the mid-1970s closing of age-old mental
> hospitals, such as Agnew State Hospital, where
> "mentally incompetent" people were housed. This
> was a result of several factors: ongoing
> maltreatment of the "patients" (read: inmates),
> the development of anti-psychotic drugs, and the
> desire to reduce budgets. The theory was: we can
> close the hospital to avoid the overhead costs,
> give the patients the medication, and they could
> fend for themselves.
>
> This all came to pass under Governor Ronald
> Reagan. The hospital were sold off and developers
> got their bucks, and cities (SF, LA, etc.) by in
> large were left holding the sack after it became
> more than apparent that self-medication was
> unworkable because these people were essentially
> incompetent to take care of themselves. Reagan was
> a darling of the GOP -still is- and never mind the
> political leanings of money grubbing developers.
> However, you Ministry of Truthers always blame the
> DEMs.
Yeah! That SOB RINO Reagan gave us Amnesty and passed the gun control act of 1986. Don’t tell me the Dems don’t secretly worship him
