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Grins

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3. FORTY (40!) YEARS late...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 04:12 PM

Mar 2021

But still welcome!

1981. In the first MONTH of the Reagan administration, St. Ronnie defunded mental health and tossed thousands into the streets. Washington, DC began to look like Charles Dickens’ London of the 1830’s. Beggars and the homeless were everywhere, even within blocks of the White House.

”Look down and see the beggars at your feet
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down and see the sweepings of the street
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man.”

Reagan thought (among other stupid thoughts) people were feigning mental illness so they wouldn’t have to work.

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House acts to prioritize psych hospital beds for severely mentally ill [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

Gym Jordan should get the first bed followed by doc03 Mar 2021 #1

++++ Diamond_Dog Mar 2021 #2

I agree, but he's in a protected district. LogicFirst Mar 2021 #4

FORTY (40!) YEARS late... Grins Mar 2021 #3