Something else! You Republicans put all the blame on Democrats.. with good reason, BUT you have to remember that Ronald Reagan is the president who ended locking up LOONS like the one who murdered this innocent young woman!
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his administration was instrumental in repealing much of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) and funding cuts that contributed to the broader deinstitutionalization movement, which shifted care from large state hospitals to community-based services for all mental health patients, not just those who were criminal.
Reagan’s Role: Reagan’s political efforts, particularly the repeal of the MHSA, were significant in dismantling the federal support for state-funded mental health services.
https://capitolweekly.net/the-republican-who-emptied-the-asylums/
We have to clean out our own house first! Sorry!
It was JFK that started the emptying of the mental hospitals with his 1963 law to take control and funding from the states and shift it to the federal government while emptying the big state hospitals and send them into the communities.
And Reagan tripled federal spending during 8 years adding to national debt. Acting as a superpower with borrowed money is path to long term demise.
When will GOP nominate a fiscal conservative? Democrat Clinton had the only balanced budget for a year if I recall correctly. But it was mostly due to speaker Newt.
Reagan just moved care back to the states, that’s where it should be.