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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neely's death is absolutely the result of liberal democrat progressive criminal justice reform policies that repeatedly let violent criminals walk the street after being arrested over and over or and over..[/quote] Didn't it start when Reagan and the republicans started closing a majority of the mental health facilities to save money back in the 80s?[/quote] It wasn't to save money, it was because of the really really terrible conditions at the institutions.[/quote] It’s the same as with public housing and hope vi. Progressives say “these large institutions stink. Let’s close them and spend the money on more modern, decentralized facilities.” Republicans then say “closing them sounds great. As for funding the new stuff, well, we wouldn’t want to cut into our corporate and high income tax breaks so we’ll have to see what’s left over for that.” The advantage of big institutions is that they are hard assets, the major cost of which has already been incurred. Things like section 8 and decentralized treatment facilities need annual appropriations which the R’s just won’t support. So we take away a crappy solution and then fail to fund any real alternatives. The halfway house Neeley was provided was obviously insufficient for his needs. Those sort of facilities are good for someone who is already better and just needs a suppprtive environment as part of a transition back into society. [/quote]
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