It's too bad that the people who founded the country didn't lay down some sort of law against a (then colonial) government sabotaging itself. We even have a vestigial British governor general who could enforce it for us. The word "treason" comes to mind.
Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
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Re: Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
#12Why cut these services?! Is Florida going to add more police, social workers, ER doctors and etc deal with the consequences?
Who do you think cut these services? This is GOP 101. Never elect a Republican governor. See MI, ME, FL, etc, etc.
Re: Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
#13Re: Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
#14Why cut these services?! Is Florida going to add more police, social workers, ER doctors and etc deal with the consequences?
People with mental issues don't make political donations, rarely vote, and can't defend themselves. QED.
[1] We can argue about which was really the the last defensive war fought by the US, but by any reasonable measure it is at least almost gone from living memory.
Re: Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
#15Why cut these services?! Is Florida going to add more police, social workers, ER doctors and etc deal with the consequences?
Re: Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who do you think cut these services? This is GOP 101. Never elect a Republican governor. See MI, ME, FL, etc, etc.
I hope you don't get voted down, because it's just the way things are. It is really mind boggling how many GOP supporters try and deny this. What has happened in FL since the early 00's is just criminal. How opponents of Rick Scott couldn't get him ejected from office is a mystery to me, if it's not solely "money in politics."
Re: Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed
#17This is just sad. Didn't something similar happen with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s? http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-men... http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/timeline-mental-...
Seems that we have some horrible drugs on our streets these days so rinse and repeat. Happy days.
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#18This story is way too lengthy (and important) to have glitzy scroll tricks getting in the way. [Insert your favorite Creative Director joke here]