How can any American celebrate the indictments of Trump when Americans are starving on the streets and addicted to drugs?

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So how has it been better for the homeless with having Trump in office? They are with Trump's authorization made outlaws, and pursued by agents, and rounded up, to disappear. Those born somewhere else outside of this nation are rounded up by ICE, whether here illegally or legally, as they are not brought to court, and removed from this country, whether grown up or child. There is nothing at all more godly being done from having Trump in office.

There is your first lie. The federal government has nothing to do with the homeless. That is a city and state law enforcement issue.

 

[FredVegbarfuss]

The homeless are a problem in democrat cities. Democra5s closed the mental institutions cresting the home less

Confusing what the problems are here. There are causes contributing to homelessness, which are problems, rather than people being a problem.

Yes, the Biden open border has been a huge problem for this country. It is challenging to remove 20 million illegal aliens from the US and let them go through the process of legal immigration.

Sounds like you think being more lawless is better. I disagree with that.

There is your first lie. The federal government has nothing to do with the homeless. That is a city and state law enforcement issue.

I will not respect ad hominem responses.

A look at the Trump administration's overhaul of national plan to end homelessness

The Trump administration announced an overhaul of how it will reallocate funds for housing and the homeless. The changes involve $3.9 billion in funds used to place people in permanent housing. That money will now be shifted to programs with work requirements and mandatory treatment, and to law...

www.pbs.org

There is the clearing of encampments by authorities intensified by recent federal actions under President Trump's executive orders in 2025, aiming to move people into temporary housing, treatment, or face penalties like fines/jail, leading to lost belongings, separation from services, and displacement, despite debates on effectiveness versus humane housing solutions like "Housing First".

Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes - National Homelessness Law Center

National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse (WASHINGTON, D.C - July

homelesslaw.org

 

[Hafar1014]

Confusing what the problems are here. There are causes contributing to homelessness, which are problems, rather than people being a problem.



Sounds like you think being more lawless is better. I disagree with that.



I will not respect ad hominem responses.

A look at the Trump administration's overhaul of national plan to end homelessness

The Trump administration announced an overhaul of how it will reallocate funds for housing and the homeless. The changes involve $3.9 billion in funds used to place people in permanent housing. That money will now be shifted to programs with work requirements and mandatory treatment, and to law...

www.pbs.org

There is the clearing of encampments by authorities intensified by recent federal actions under President Trump's executive orders in 2025, aiming to move people into temporary housing, treatment, or face penalties like fines/jail, leading to lost belongings, separation from services, and displacement, despite debates on effectiveness versus humane housing solutions like "Housing First".

Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes - National Homelessness Law Center

National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse (WASHINGTON, D.C - July

homelesslaw.org

The homeless were created when JFK shut down all the mental institutions when democrats passed the Community Mental Health Act in 1963. They exploit them with useless programs. CA has 9 billion dollar program and no one can account for the money. Further democrats passed laws preventing long term mandated treatment. They arent homeless they are the chronic mentally ill. Typically schizophrenia, schizo affective DO, Wernicke's Korsakoff's Syndrome, severe PTSD and addiction drugs and alcohol.

 

[Stann]

The homeless were created when JFK shut down all the mental institutions when democrats passed the Community Mental Health Act in 1963. They exploit them with useless programs. CA has 9 billion dollar program and no one can account for the money. Further democrats passed laws preventing long term mandated treatment. They arent homeless they are the chronic mentally ill. Typically schizophrenia, schizo affective DO, Wernicke's Korsakoff's Syndrome, severe PTSD and addiction drugs and alcohol.

Homelessness has existed throughout US history. It was high during the colonial period , surged again with the advent of the pre-Industrial period , as well as during the post Civil War period and the Great Depression. Today's era of homelessness started in the 1980's and reached it's peak in 2024. The only factor that coincides with those surges is that wealth was consolidated among the wealthy upper class. Despite what you've been told wealth is limited in this world. There's only so much to go around. The one thing that isn't limited is the human spirit and imagination. The world is what we create. The data is not yet in on what trump is doing to the economy but with the surge in wealth among the super rich it isn't hard to imagine what comes next.

 

[Hafar1014]

Homelessness has existed throughout US history. It was high during the colonial period , surged again with the advent of the pre-Industrial period , as well as during the post Civil War period and the Great Depression. Today's era of homelessness started in the 1980's and reached it's peak in 2024. The only factor that coincides with those surges is that wealth was consolidated among the wealthy upper class. Despite what you've been told wealth is limited in this world. There's only so much to go around. The one thing that isn't limited is the human spirit and imagination. The world is what we create. The data is not yet in on what trump is doing to the economy but with the surge in wealth among the super rich it isn't hard to imagine what comes next.

False they are the chronic mentally ill who were in institutions. I treated them as patients when I worked a Temple Hospital In Philadelphia as a therapist in the psych unit. They all have chronic mental illness and addiction. We treated them at no cost. Its time for your reality check.

Democrats have been exploiting them. In CA 9 billion for the homeless vanished and no one knowns where it went. It went Into the pockets of democrat supporters. Democrats passed laws stopping long term mandated treatment. So they are in an out of the hospital every 3-6 months or they just die on the street.

The old hobos of the past were not the same. This created the so called homeless
The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide federal funding for community mental health centers and research facilities in the United States. This legislation was passed as part of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier It led to considerable deinstitutionalization.
Only half of the proposed centers were ever built; none was fully funded, and the act didn't provide money to operate them long-term. Some states closed expensive state hospitals, but never spent money to establish community-based care. Deinstitutionalization accelerated after the adoption of Medicaid in 1965. During the Reagan administration, the remaining funding for the act was converted into a mental-health block grants for states. Since the CMHA was enacted, 90 percent of beds have been cut at state hospitals, but they have not been replaced by community resources.<a href="Community Mental Health Act - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>

The CMHA proved to be a mixed success. Many patients, formerly warehoused in institutions, were released into the community. However, not all communities have had the facilities or expertise to deal with them.<a href"Community Mental Health Act - Wikipedia. In many cases, patients wound up in adult homes or with their families, or homeless in large cities, and without the mental health care they needed. Without community support, mentally ill people have more trouble getting treatment, maintaining medication regimens, and supporting themselves. They make up a large proportion of the homeless and an increasing proportion of people in jail.

 

[FredVegbarfuss]

The homeless were created when JFK shut down all the mental institutions when democrats passed the Community Mental Health Act in 1963. They exploit them with useless programs. CA has 9 billion dollar program and no one can account for the money. Further democrats passed laws preventing long term mandated treatment. They arent homeless they are the chronic mentally ill. Typically schizophrenia, schizo affective DO, Wernicke's Korsakoff's Syndrome, severe PTSD and addiction drugs and alcohol.

That was a little off. I was around to remember mental institutions were being closed down during the term of President Reagan's administration. Any others become homeless in adverse circumstances where it can be just as bad a circumstance, even on the streets, but for those with such mental illness that is the only possibility when there are not programs and mental institutions available for them.

 

[Stann]

That was a little off. I was around to remember mental institutions were being closed down during the term of President Reagan's administration. Any others become homeless in adverse circumstances where it can be just as bad a circumstance, even on the streets, but for those with such mental illness that is the only possibility when there are not programs and mental institutions available for them.

Plus those long standing institutions did little to help , in some cases they had negative results. If you're surrounded by other crazy people you probably don't get better.

 

[Stann]

That was a little off. I was around to remember mental institutions were being closed down during the term of President Reagan's administration. Any others become homeless in adverse circumstances where it can be just as bad a circumstance, even on the streets, but for those with such mental illness that is the only possibility when there are not programs and mental institutions available for them.

Just looked it up, the shift actually began with the development of antipsychotic drugs oin.thr 50's . It really picked up in the 60's and 70's because of patient lawsuits ,cutting funding and gearing towards community based care instead of institutionilized care. The development of the drugs made the transition possible.