Their view is mental health breakdown is a part of a larger social-structure breakdown and no amount of spending will fix that problem.
Not all solutions can be fixed with infinite dollars.
So no, it isn’t “worse than that.”
Meanwhile we have folks creating problems then taxing the populace then shifting tax dollars to unaccountable private sector friends and donors. True problems.
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