And a major case of fuckyouigotmineitis.

To name another specific problem, “closing mental institutions and turning the afflicted out onto the streets” was a neat one-two punch perpetrated by both Kennedy and Reagan. Kennedy’s last major thing before taking the plane to Dallas was to sign CMHA and step towards deinstitutionalization. Reagan further exacerbated the problem by closing some of the local facilities that supposedly replaced the system closed by Kennedy.

90% of the current homelessness crisis in major cities is attributable to these policies. The result was generations of mentally ill and addicts traipsing the streets instead of being corralled towards mental healthcare away from general populace.