tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730102457081475339.post3649004721666446380..comments2023-05-16T05:34:58.730-05:00Comments on Hey look, something shiny: Decimating Mental Healthcare in IowaKelly Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09553993238309637115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730102457081475339.post-83733526563906423022017-02-23T13:48:38.791-06:002017-02-23T13:48:38.791-06:00This lack of concern and care for those with menta...This lack of concern and care for those with mental illness started when Reagan was governor of California and it spread like a disease among Republicans. In California we watch as they emptied hospitals for the mentally ill and left them to fend for themselves in the streets. Reagan said families should care for them but families couldn't of course. The families lacked the skill and money so to keep some who were dangerous from hurting anyone in the family they were turned out. The majority of the people living on the streets today need care. A large percentage of those in our prisons need care and if they had had it they would not have ended up in prison. People who are drug addicted needed care before the addiction. But the privatization of prisons and mental health care makes a lot of money for a few and misery for many. Society crumbling as we speak.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331586976656912447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730102457081475339.post-30313102017184648832017-02-22T09:41:39.262-06:002017-02-22T09:41:39.262-06:00Over the decades that the GOP has been privatizing...Over the decades that the GOP has been privatizing formerly government work, we've seen failure after failure, many leading to the deaths of those they are paid to care for. The "ProLife" party strikes again. How can the profits of this outside company justify the inevitable death & destruction? Oh yes, profits over people. How big was their "donation" fund to the folks who votedvin favor of such a terrible choice? Because that is the real reason it passed. Thizizlizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892815970963801158noreply@blogger.com