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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve got an adult kid in a similar situation but not as chaotic. I would definitely take the car away. Try to learn about resources from local NAMI participant parents.

I do think in 20 years we will be embarrassed at allowing the mentally ill to be homeless and “free.” It’s a terrible overextension of personal liberty.

Johns Hopkins has a schizophrenia center if you’re closer to Baltimore. Call![/quote]

Sadly we are forty+ years into this crisis. Reagan effectively took the money for community supports, which was to accompany closing mental institutions, and channeled it into GOP donors' pockets. There are individual GOP electeds (e.g., late Sen. Pete Domenici) who support increased financing for mental health needs, but most do not. [/quote]

In 1975 Reagan did do this. But I think other Democrats and Republicans since then can share the blame. [/quote]

Please say more. With the exception of Domenici, the GOP has opposed ACA, which covers mental health treatment, and a core number of GOP states have opposed the Medicaid expansion for poor and working folks in their states who do not have insurance.

For Reagan, he overturned Carter's work in this area by block granting the money, then cutting the money to the block grants. While block grants sound great in theory, GOP states often divert that money to other purposes, often ones benefiting the more affluent. The Mississippi volleyball arena is a recent example.

I would be interested to know your view on the Dem record here. [/quote]

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