Are you saying that everyone’s profile “location” is accurate? If you do live in NYC you should have some insight as to how to tackle the problems of other cities. Remind me again was it republican leadership or democrat leadership that really cleaned that city up a couple decades ago?
It’s pointless talking to you man. You have nothing of value to say. Liberals are hilarious. Go back and read our conversation and look how hard you worked to avoid having a real exchange of ideas. You’re chatting in a forum and avoiding real conversation at all costs, you’re the problem my friend. Too many people like you in the country so there is no way for people with different POVs to find common ground.
Lol, it's your country's disregard for social programs that began along while back. Remember Reagan?
"The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was United States legislation signed by President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Congress repealed most of the law.[1] The MHSA was considered landmark legislation in mental health care policy.
Many people now rightly see this as the root cause of the United States of America's homeless problem."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental...ms_Act_of_1980
Any response nightmare fish? You get very quiet at just the right times.
People with no where to go were pushed out of mental hospitals etc.
becasue of cost concerns? And you lol at libtards?
Last edited by limitles; 09-01-2019 at 09:22 AM.
Like I said in an earlier post, yes most of the homeless I’ve had interactions with have mental issues. San Diego, where I live, has a program to deal with these people if they want the help. The recent dramatic increase in homeless populations seems to primarily be drug addiction cases and low level criminals where the programs aren’t in place (or don’t have the resources) to help these people who in the past would have been in jail/prison.
No comment on the mental health care legislation repealed by Reagan? Is this not
the kind of legislation that is required to help the homeless?
Try not to use so many andecdotes in your responses.
Your buddy's opinion is just that.
And when you say these liberal politicians are too lenient.....what do you mean by that
exactly? Being less lenient means more jail time does it not?
And you've got a for profit prison system so things seem to be working
against each other.
I think it's safe to say that most homelessness drug addiction and low level crime are directly related to mental health issues. Also, I don't think it's fair to say that a homeless person that isn't taking advantage of programs available to them "don't want help".
Lmfao, once again I agree with absolutely nothing you said here.
It’s safe to say Drug addicts and low level criminals have mental health issues?
So if social workers and cops offer to give them help and they refuse help it doesn’t mean they “don’t want help”????? Please explain.
Did you not read what I said? From my experience where I live, there are programs in place to help homeless people with mental health issues. What Reagan did in the 80s probably had an initial impact but isn’t the reason for the sharp uptick In the homeless populations in recent years.
Last edited by nightmarefish; 09-01-2019 at 11:58 AM.
I think it's absolutely safe to say that most drug addicts have mental health issues. Substance abuse is almost always a form of self medication for some other issue (depression is probably the most common). If they get addicted and then commit crimes to feed their addiction, it's all connected back to their mental health issues.
I guess there's a fair argument that you're right here. At the moment they decline the help, they don't in fact want to be helped. But, it's really a hell of a lot more complicated than you seem to think.
Oh is that your very liberal bud texting? Ask him how they treat the homeless
too good? Why, because they aren't shot? Is homelessness a crime?
And the Reagan administration directly impacted the homeless situation, not probably.
That was followed by deregulated mortgage industry/ home foreclosures, a steadly increase
in the wealth gap and poor social networks for even your veterans.
Homelessness is growing, you're just finding the numbers to be unsettling
America is supposed to be the richest country in history yet
there is not enough money except when it comes to bailing
out banks and investment firms
damn it's gotta be the liberals
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