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A certain past US administration got rid of mental institutions by denying funding, which in turn dramatically increased # of homeless in US.

• ninguem2 12y ago
  A lot of shit is still trickling down from that.
  • TheCondor 12y ago
    A lot of bad shit was stopped by shutting those places down too.
    • ninguem2 12y ago
      I was referring to the legacy of the Reagan administration more broadly.
• joshuaheard 12y ago
  There is a history of modern worldwide homelessness. A single law signed by Reagan was only a small part of this phenomenon. The bipartisan law itself mainly concerned ending indefinite detention (sound familiar?) and for the most part, added programs to help the mentally ill. It did affect funding. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness#Modern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness#Modern