> CB: Reaganism is social fascism. In Michigan, Engler , the social fascist,
> murdered and tortured many by shutting down state mental hospitals in the
> early 90's.
Just so were clear here. Marta was talking about housing supports in the community and you are lamenting the loss of human warehouses. The point is NOT that state institutions are good but that a varied range of community options are not available now and will be getting worse with Bush's cuts.
The housing policies need to try to get people to the least restrictive environment possible (and yes sometimes complete care is the least restrictive). These community options are much cheaper than human warehousing too. It is just that Bush is slashing supports for the cheaper options--which is not fascistic at all but lean and mean capitalism. After all it is the right wing that generally want more state institutions to keep people in and ignore the real problem of underfunding community options.
Jim
"She's been born into the wrong time She's got nonsense on her mind She's a poet, she's a builder She's as bored as bored can be She's a have-not, she's a know-all She knows just how to say yes She's skating frozen chaos Till the no-good gods are dead But sometimes in the dead of night Woken by the city lights She wonders how she keeps alive."
-Chumbawamba, "The Big Issue"