It's really my dad and half-brother who bear the emotional burden. She's about 15 years older than me and I barely knew her at all. I know she visited us a few times during school breaks, but I was too young to remember it directly. Pisses me off plenty, though, that my dad and brother pay tons of taxes, a lot of which go to medical care and other support for deadbeats and illegal aliens, while their daughter/sister who really needs and is entitled to care can't get it because the idiot leftist courts insist she's freely choosing to live the way she does.
My dad actually managed to get a Texas court to have her hauled in for an involuntary psych exam, which naturally resulted in a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Not only did this not result in any Texas agency taking her off the streets, but the court said it can't share the info with federal agencies due to her "privacy rights", so she's not eligible for any Social Security disability or Medicaid benefits. And naturally there is no federal agency with authority to arrest her and make her undergo an involuntary psych exam. Convenient, huh?
That sucks! Convenient my ass. Your dad and half brother's emotional burden must be a heavy one. The thing about government is that they cover each other's behinds, while some folks just waltz in here and take advantage of all the "freebies" that stupid Americans provide. Try and get some help when you aren't "eligible" for anything.
She can't apply for benefits because there is nothing wrong with her in her mind :( The laws need to be changed.
We have a huge problem with the homeless in CA. They wander around, getting themselves hurt and dead, when there is help for them....but we can't step on their "rights".