Escargot wrote:
The mentally ill were dumped, and half-way houses were closed by the "ketchup is a vegetable" President, who, ironically became a vegetable himself.
Yep. It was Reagan.
With regard to "They are either frauds, druggies, alcoholics, or mentally ill."
...or physically disabled.
I used to work for a government housing board. Through that job, i encountered a housing program where clients had to be provably veterans, homeless, addicts AND mentally ill -- every client had to be all four things. And there was no problem filling the beds. A lot of homeless people have multiple, serious problems. And are veterans.