To: 2ndDivisionVet
President Reagan’s biggest mistake (arguably) was allowing congress to put so many mentally ill people on the streets.
4 posted on
08/18/2019 6:42:58 PM PDT by
Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb
President Reagan’s biggest mistake (arguably) was allowing congress to put so many mentally ill people on the streets.I don't understand the history of that...what happened exactly?
To: Artemis Webb
Reagan single handedly emptied the mental institutions when he was governor of California. Congress had nothing to do with it. Reagan said it would be cheaper than housing the mentally ill to just treat them at outpatient clinics. Probably reagans worst mistake.
To: Artemis Webb
“President Reagan’s biggest mistake (arguably) was allowing congress to put so many mentally ill people on the streets.”
The ACLU was responsible for a the nuthouses being closed, they sued in federal court and the states had no choice but to close most of them.
27 posted on
08/18/2019 8:22:03 PM PDT by
Beagle8U
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To: Artemis Webb
It was a SCOTUS ruling that did it.
38 posted on
08/19/2019 3:30:01 AM PDT by
Eleutheria5
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To: Artemis Webb
It all started as..”the Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act) (Public Law 88-164) was an act to provide Federal funding for community mental health centers. It led to considerable deinstitutionalization”.
41 posted on
08/19/2019 5:25:08 AM PDT by
skimbell
To: Artemis Webb
This actually started with President Kennedy and the “Community Mental Health Act” of 1963
52 posted on
08/19/2019 10:44:34 AM PDT by
headstamp 2
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