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Billionaire's False Narrative... (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is a severe lack of long term care facilities for the mentally ill. We just closed them down one day and threw the insane on the street. That's a huge part of the visible problem for sure. Not to say there aren't countless "homeless by circumstance" people that need housing. The "homeless by choice" is definitely a problem also.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

"We just closed them down one day and threw the insane on the street. "

On the street or in jail over what would otherwise be trivial legal violations. -like sleeping in public.