tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post1002260306021723835..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: Crazy TownNew Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-68815826059362153512016-04-04T22:00:21.930-04:002016-04-04T22:00:21.930-04:00My social work daughter also puts the beginning of...My social work daughter also puts the beginning of closure of mental institutions with JFK. And I can tell you from volunteering that no amount of low income housing or minimum wage hikes is going to get the homeless off our streets because too many of them are mentally ill.ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-5289966519316204522016-04-01T12:34:28.212-04:002016-04-01T12:34:28.212-04:00You're right 1811, it gave them more money to ...You're right 1811, it gave them more money to give free stuff away with, and they raised taxes too!Sigmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620827986248324301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-19674059467410121852016-03-31T10:33:34.453-04:002016-03-31T10:33:34.453-04:00I remember the seeing the deinstitutionalization m...I remember the seeing the deinstitutionalization movement start to get big in 1974. The professed idea was that most mentally ill people would be able to function in society if they just took their meds. (Of course, if they forgot to take their meds one time, they'd never take them again. But what matters isn't results, it's good intentions.)<br />The real reason, of course, is that institutionalization costs money that the politicians would rather use for other things, like giving free shit to their parasite constituents. People in mental institutions don't vote. I noticed that after all that money was saved, nobody's taxes went down.Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-24795944221824796552016-03-30T13:41:48.368-04:002016-03-30T13:41:48.368-04:00The closing of mental institutions started with JF...The closing of mental institutions started with JFK/LBJ, Misfit. Ronald Maximus gets credit because of homeless advocates like Mitch Snyder.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-27206802500552854162016-03-30T13:02:42.860-04:002016-03-30T13:02:42.860-04:00According to news reports, it was a pellet pistol....According to news reports, it was a pellet pistol. Mainstreaming of mental patients started in the 60s under LBJ but really gained steam in the late 70s under Carter. Today, in Tennessee at least, there are very few long term psychiatric beds. Most mentally ill patients at house for 3 days and released to outpatient care, which is a hit and miss proposition.Sigmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620827986248324301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-4239436701916732802016-03-30T12:08:02.186-04:002016-03-30T12:08:02.186-04:00IIRC, St. Ronnie started the movement to close men...IIRC, St. Ronnie started the movement to close mental institutions. The idea supposedly was to replace state hospitals with smaller community-based treatment centers.<br /><br />Except that they only did the first part to save money. The second part both costs money and residents go into full-on NIMBY mode when someone wants to put a house-full of crazies on their block. (Go figure.)<br /><br />Then Medicaid rules were changed so those needing such help couldn't go to state facilities, because private sector. Those state facilities closed (or were converted into black holes for those convicted of sex crimes who did their time).<br /><br />So now those who need mental help tend to end up on the streets. Until they do something that attracts the attention of the po-po and then end up in jail.<br /><br />As what happened here.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.com