[goldstategop]

There are some people who cannot function in society.

We owe it to ourselves to take care of them for the rest of their lives in a setting where they can’t harm themselves or others.

We should treat them in the same way we treat elderly people who can’t function independently anymore.

A humane and moral society doesn’t leave the mentally ill to their own devices.

[Doogle]

....people would be shocked to learn how much each state is paying to house and medicate ILLEGALS that were shipped here(US)so US tax payers could foot the bill...another source of RAT voter fraud

[miss marmelstein]

A huge part of the problem is that the government didn’t run the state hospitals well at all. There was abuse, as documented in Fred Wiseman’s doc “Titicut Follies.” Private mental hospitals were often brilliant. Books like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s an ongoing dilemma.

[equaviator]

"I just had my brain washed and I can't do a thing with it."

[Jim Noble]

Excellent post!

I'm trying to start a discussion on the same topic over here if anyone wants to join in.

[originalbuckeye]

IIRC, the ACLU argued successfully, that the mentally ill should have legal control over themselves. They cannot easily be committed unless they agree to it and, if they don’t want to be committed, there are so many hoops to jump through for a relative/friend to commit them. A catastrophic failure of our culture.......and the failure belongs to the ACLU/Liberal policies.

[tomkat]

Let's play a word game:

We're from the Gubmint, and we're here to completely ____ things up

bet y'all can get it on the first try

[ClearCase_guy]

“[W]hat we are getting for this 14-fold increase in spending is a disgrace."

[elpadre]

Those who suffer from any of the mentally impaired diseases; once determined to eligible for disability benefits receive a wide range of welfare support. Living in a small midwest city, I recall one state government apartment building for the elderly was forced to take mentally ill persons. Before the residents moved around freely, room to room and in their community activity area. After the mental cases came the elderly stayed in their room with doors locked and all community activities ceased. The old folks could not come out of their rooms after dark - too dangerous. Even alcoholics became eligible for welfare and some of them moved in.

Our church put on some programs for the elderly but it all came to an end.

[libertylover]

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[Bullpine]

This same declaration of failure was revealed in 1984. http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html?pagewanted=all