re: What’s your solution for the homeless?

concentration camps out middle of the desert

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Deinstitutionization started in the 1960s.

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Not disagreeing, it started with the famous case of some rich / celebrity type that made the headlines and forced the pendulum in the other direction.

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In Lake v. Cameron, a 1966 D.C. Court of Appeals case, the concept of “least restrictive setting” was introduced, requiring hospitals to discharge patients to an environment less restrictive than a hospital if at all possible

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Not disagreeing, again, there is a certain percentage of the population that needs long term, locked care facilities. If you could make it outside, great, if not there was a place so you were not homeless or abused in the prison system.

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In the 1975 case of O’Connor v. Donaldson, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that a person had to be a danger to him- or herself or to others for confinement to be constitutional

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3 basic rules
+ Danger to self
+ Danger to others
+ Incapacity to manage self / affairs

Had a family member high up on Ronnie's staff and about as old school Republican as you can get. In the past decade or two in private conversation he admits Ronnie's policy on long term locked care facilities was wrong and many current homeless / incarcerated were folks who would haver been in long term locked care facilities that existed before Ronnie's administration axed them. Short term saving but long term high cost. Classic "save a nickel now but cost yourself a dollar later" stuff.


FWIW, part of the issue is lack of factilities but the bigger part is judges wait till AFTER to rule on "harm to others". Kid that killed all those in SC lived about a block away from family member. For at least 6 years, his family, the cops, the school, and the community knew he was a threat to others but judge would not act till after all the dead bodies piled up.

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I've worked with the homeless, what many folks fail to realize is that a fair number are voluntarily homeless. They have SS disability or VA and live on streets for easier access to drugs, alcohol and secks (and they don't want to confirm to society).

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Same here

I have been around this issue since the 1960's

It is less about "conforming" and more about self medicating and admitting a percentage of the US population can not live on their own without constant supervision.

Well I guess the Apostle Paul overruled Jesus in 2 Thessalonians 3:10,
“The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
Not.
The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart.
Some can’t. Some won’t. Big difference.

Send them to Mexico

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you got rid of homeless and Illegal Immigrants crime would plunge in this country.

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You’re missing the largest criminal element

That segment can only be eradicated by harsh indictments & severe punishments

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Yes and 30% of the people in this country think Trump and everybody that supports him should be locked up in a mental institution for life too. Slippery slope ...

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Asylums had plenty of sane people whose families conspired against them.

Actual mental health and drug facilities that are accessible by the average person would cure most homelessness

Shoot them