"With President Reagan and the Republicans taking over, the Mental Health Systems Act was discarded before the ink had dried and the CMHC funds were simply bloc

"With President Reagan and the Republicans taking over, the Mental Health Systems Act was discarded before the ink had dried and the CMHC funds were simply block granted to the states." https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/ https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_leg... I don't see how anyone can claim that austerity and a deep cynicism toward the very idea of mental treatment didn't play major roles.