Gross treatment of mentally ill

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CNN

On what planet did someone decide that the best thing to do with the mentally ill is to cut them loose? Predictably, they wind up living on the streets until they attack someone and then they go to a jail that isn't equipped to handle them, their illness gets worse and they wind up back on the street. If we had proper medical facilities they could lead productive lives, but thanks to Reagan we're stuck with dangerous people roaming the streets and we're spending a lot more money on them then we should have to.