Originally Posted By: SKB
I think it was a huge mistake to close State mental hospitals. The ACLU and a strong patients right movement had been pushing for deinstitutionalization for some time but it was Reagan's Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 that removed most funding and forced States to release the mentally challenged.


Yup....the homeless epidemic can be traced directly to this. Doesn't really matter who enacted the laws that did it. It was advocated for and pushed by the Progressive Left.

Last edited by canvasback; 09/06/18 08:21 AM.
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