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Gus12/20/2012 9:39:09 am PST

re: #460 Dark_Falcon

Sadly, it’s often an ‘easy cut’. It’ll be harder this year, but expanding such programs will mean cuts elsewhere. What to do…

re: #462 HappyWarrior

Yeah this is part of the problem. We’re more willing to slash “useless” programs because politicians are too afraid to be labeled tax hikers. Call me a crazy bastard here but I’d rather pay a little more in taxes if it would sustain some programs that do alot of good.

If you’re curious you can look through this PDF:

State Mental Health Cuts: The Continuing Crisis
A report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness
November 2011

More figures there.