In 1955, there were 559,000 people in public mental hospitals, or 3.38 people per 1,000 population. In 2003, there were 5 .726 million people who received either an SSI or SSDI payment (or from both programs), and were either disabled by mental illness (SSDI statistics) or diagnosed as mentally ill (SSI statistics).' That is a disability rate of 19.69 people per 1,000 population, which is nearly six times what it was in 1955 (Table 2).
there is a commandment about bearing false witness. These kind of statements come directly from NYT and so forth who have certainly established their objectivity,and certainly many such statements are directed at home schooling also, as home schoolers, like certain corporate sectors including pharmaceuticals, were perceived by the left to be bulwarks of the Republican electoral coalition, and therefore were to be degraded by all means available, including people sitting home and Googling with some sort of axe to grind.