tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8329987938244416191..comments2024-03-28T13:46:08.524-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Mending the frayed social safety netNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40832305473084586742022-03-26T06:52:57.293-05:002022-03-26T06:52:57.293-05:00The policies of the Reagan administration are resp...The policies of the Reagan administration are responsible for the cuts in funding that resulted in the lack of treatment facilities for people suffering from mental illness. Appallingly The prison industrial complex has emerged as a profitable investment instrument starting in the Clinton administration for wealthy people to make money from this . <br /><br />Forcing people into what residential treatment facilities? <br /><br />Civil liberties are a right even for the mentally ill. <br /><br />Society is judged on how it treats its least fortunate. The laws that should be changed are the ones that allow for profit prisons and criminalize drug use. <br /><br />Some rational fair housing policies would go a longways towards mitigating this catastrophe . Along with more people willing do the work Ms. Billitteri is engaged in. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19712639001691459402022-03-25T18:48:45.293-05:002022-03-25T18:48:45.293-05:00Well said, Clark.Well said, Clark.privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89795568321856639432022-03-25T12:45:04.522-05:002022-03-25T12:45:04.522-05:00A well-presented, if rather depressing column. Th...A well-presented, if rather depressing column. The priorities represented by what gets funded and what doesn't in this society never cease to disappoint. At least the current administrations, both in Springfield and Washington, are attempting to do better.<br /><br />Lots of photos, between EGD and the paper. I like how you see her offering the pen in the 2 here and then, when you follow the link, there's one of him actually signing. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17264701136015496912022-03-25T09:36:36.933-05:002022-03-25T09:36:36.933-05:00Until we change some laws back to make it possible...Until we change some laws back to make it possible to force the mentally ill homeless into residential treatment, they will continue to be on the street, begging for money, self medicating with booze & drugs & putting themselves into danger.<br />The policies of the 1960s have failed them & we need to fix that mess.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com