Reagan freed the Mental Patients. But he wasn't allowed to go free.

[rdean]

Did Reagan’s Crazy Mental Health Policies Cause Today’s Homelessness? – Poverty Insights

Reagan believed mental illness was all in the head. Which is why he freed tens of thousands of the mentally ill, the foundation of our nation's homeless.

But how come Reagan wasn't allowed to go free? Alzheimers is a mental illness. He should have been freed. It wasn't right that he wasn't allowed to go free.

 

[Stephanie]

Holy freaking smokes. what a bunch of hateful BS. so Clinton and Obama wasn't able to put these programs back on the line? this shit right here is Typical of the liberals, they're holding someone from 30 years ago the fault of homelessness of today. that person writing that needs mental health help. write to Obama maybe he can give it you

and you have some room to talk about Reagan supposedly having Alzheimer's. look at the 100 year old Socialist you have running for President. I would think he has Alzheimer's too. I believe Hillary is close to having too

 

[MisterBeale]

If you read the comments of the piece you posted, you would see the users debunked the article you are quoting. Kennedy started the whole process. Nice try.

 

[Vigilante]

Yes, unfortunately he didn't take the peoples mandate to heart and allowed the scum Democrats to stay in America!

 

[whitehall]

"Federal grants for the prevention of mental illness"? Who in their right mind would sanction a federal program that alleged to "prevent mental illness"? Radical lefties criticize Reagan for cancelling a poorly written idiotic federal plan to award grants alleging to prevent mental illness by throwing grant money at the problem. Nut cases who avoided mental illness grants and found jobs with Salon should thank Reagan when they get paid to blame Reagan for an attack on the Washington Navy Yard during a democrat administration. Maybe republicans need to authorize mental illness grants for democrat idiots who post this junk.

 

[Spinster]

If you're associated with politics, you're responsible for all the ills of society. You may win an election, but you don't win in the end. Not absolving them the wrong they do. Just saying it's not a job I'd want. It's a lose-lose situation no matter what you do.

 

[rdean]

If you read the comments of the piece you posted, you would see the users debunked the article you are quoting. Kennedy started the whole process. Nice try.

You mean this one?
Then Reagan gutted the federal spending on Health care. Leaving no state or federal spending. So he is the cause not Kennedy. Kennedy wanted federal spending so states where they had no spending, people with mental health problem could find care.

 

[rdean]

Come on. You know Kennedy would never do something like this. Republicans do these kinds of things. They continue to do so today. You know that to be true.

 

[whitehall]

Billy Carter probably would have received a federal grant to prevent mental illness under his brother's program. Maybe Billy should have run for president instead of Jimmy/

 

[warf]

If you read the comments of the piece you posted, you would see the users debunked the article you are quoting. Kennedy started the whole process. Nice try.

When Reagan was governor of California he closed the mental health hospital in Napa.