irishtom29 wrote:
LenSatic wrote:
I have no sympathy whatsoever for the so called "homeless". They are either frauds, druggies, alcoholics, or mentally ill. And the latter were released from institutions in the '70s by "compassionate" liberals because of movies like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Bill".
Actually most were released in the 80s when conservatives closed up government run or subsidized mental hospitals so they could spend money on other things.
You're quite the chest thumper, eh?
Your rememberer is quite different than mine. I remember them being closed because the "advanced" thinking at the time was that it was better to be out in the population than to be shut up into a "home". My brother was in one, and has been out since then. He is in a group home. If he were to be released totally, he could not cope.
However, if he was any worse off, then a hospital setting would be better.
But, it was the liberalized education people who closed them off.