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ScienceWasLove t1_iyqtlfw wrote

Reply to comment by largeroastbeef in University of Pennsylvania student attacked in Center City; female suspect sought by JBizznass

Clinton was president for 8 years. Obama was president for 8 years. Biden has been in office for 2 years.

Stop blaming Reagan for policies that closed dated/corrupt facilities that were abusing patients. I know its popular on Reddit, but that was 40 years ago.

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Biz_Rito t1_iyr2lq3 wrote

If a roommate spilled milk on the carpet, and my other roommates didn't clean it up, they'd be asshats alright, but I'd still put the blame at the feet of the sonnovabitch who spilled it in the first place

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_iyrt719 wrote

Only Mental hospitals didn't all close (spill) under Reagan. They have continually and steadily closed throughout the 1990s and 2000s, and continue to close today.

It's more like your one roommate spilled milk and then your other roommates all came in and knocked over more glasses of milk, and then nobody cleaned it up.

Haverford State closed in 1996, Allentown in 2010, Norristown continues to shrink.

It's not just the federal government either, state governments didn't (and don't) want to keep paying for these institutions. Since the advent of Psychopharmacology state hospital populations have continually shrunk since 1955 when hospital populations peaked (iirc give or take a few years).

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Vague_Disclosure t1_iyse0xk wrote

Not to mention during Reagan's presidency Democrats controlled the House and the last two years of his second term they controlled both the House and Senate. I don't feel like looking up actual vote counts but there had to be some bipartisanship to end the asylum programs.

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