These people are mostly born mentally ill. Are you also against helping those born physically disabled because it’s “socialism”? If their family cant pay for treatment, off to the gas chambers, right?
The total cost of prisons, law enforcement and all the losses from addict crimes is WAY more than it would cost to give these people mental help and the tools for proper integration into society.
Imprisoning the mentally ill repeatedly with violent felons and giving them no option but to sit in the streets and self-medicate with chinese lab waste is a damn crime against humanity. The ONLY reason it continues is because many people make HUGE money off this insane policy
The ONLY reason it continues is because many people make HUGE money off this insane policy
I need a little historical help from freepers. Why did we close down our mental health insitutuions? Part of the argument was that it was an industry and huge money was being made if I remember correctly.
Who bears the cost of mental health? (your reference to “socialism”) I remember in Iowa initialy it was counties, Every county had a county farm where disabled could work. Then we moved to property tax, I can still remember the line item on the property tax bill. Then it moved to state.
Who pays it now? and it is being paid and it involves HUGE MONEY. It is a big social cost. Insurance, state taxes and federal taxes.