From: "Gary Britt" 

Yes, I have no doubt some states were early adopters of the liberate the
mentally ill and permanently vagrant movements which resulted in all these
people being harmed and forced to live on the streets.  I think the process
was pretty much complete everywhere by sometime in the 70's.  Then in the
80's the same people who originally pressed for what was, in effect,
dumping all these mentally ill, alcoholic, drug abusing, and/or permanently
unemployed people on the streets began to *notice* and complain about all
the *homeless* people (starting just coincidentally around 1980 when Ronald
Reagan took office).

The plight of the homeless has been used by the same groups who made them
homeless in the first place as a political weapon against Republicans ever
since (even though Republicans were for providing them homes, in effect,
through mandatory hospitalization and poor houses/work farms).  The
homeless problem only takes a breather in the press when a democrat is
president. Then it gets rediscovered when a republican gets back into
office.

Gary

"Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:ilpc221avlaut2go84cd9sj1otgr27icj5{at}4ax.com...
> Actually WRT the mentally ill, they were "liberated" way
before the 70's
> in California, early 60's if memory serves me right.
>
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:12:05 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>  wrote in message :
>
> >You aren't up on your history.  Thompson wasn't a governor in the 70's
when
> >the matters to which I referred began and came to fruition.
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
> >news:MPG.1e8fb1aa1bc1138d989700{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> In article , email{at}from_Gary_Britt.org says...
> >> > There would be no need for dumping if the
"liberals" in their
infinite
> >> > wisdom and compassion hadn't forced the closure of
county residences
for
> >> > people who would otherwise be homeless.
> >>
> >> I had no idea that James R. Thompson was a liberal.
> >>
> >> 
> >
>

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