Ken wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 4:10 pm
temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 3:40 pm
Cities and states didn't stop institutionalizing the mentally ill because of liberal politics.
i’ve not been aware of this suggestion anywhere in my life. Jumpy, eh?
Trump, for one, has been making this suggestion for years.
i don’t follow Trump’s blatherings around, imho, no one should.
i try to notice formal statements, White House statements, etc., policies, outcomes, responses, changes-corrections, etc.
RESULTS.
i was busy with our young family when Reagan was in office, not paying attention to politics - BUT - even i heard about closing or changes to mental health facilities,
which i found disturbing from the start. i was aware Reagan was popular, i wasn’t paying attention.
Since then, i’ve heard many complaints, and i have a distant relative with schizophrenia who lives on the streets in (Everett, last i heard). It’s a nightmare. She’s lived between jails, institutions, streets. She has 2 children, now young adults, thankfully, raised by grandparents. The father is a (professional?) street person, he intentionally chooses this life, i guess he’s good at it. i think they’re married, not together. They were “raised right”. They began with the best intentions. No one was prepared for schizophrenia, her diagnosis came after 2 children. It is a disaster. The children were fortunate to have 4 dedicated grandparents.
Decades have passed. Nothing truly effective has been done, except increasing homelessness, drugs, crime.
i applaud Trump, and anyone who makes an effort.
A deacon at my family’s Seattle area church makes serving Seattle’s homeless his priority.
Even if Trump’s plan is THE WORST, it might nudge others to find better. In my view, THAT COUNTS.
Over decades, this is obviously a UNIPARTY problem. One of many.
They won’t “disappoint”. 