All too true, Greg.

Among other "reforms" that Reagan made was that he cut funds for mental health, resulting in the closing of a lot of mental hospitals. This released a bunch of people onto the streets who simply were not able to care for themselves, and many of them seemed to have just disappeared.

My theory is that many of them joined the Republican Party and many of the more extreme cases formed the Tea Party.

And obviously, a few of them are posting here on Mudcat. . . .

Don Firth