[ericfrenkiel]

What you are stating is 100% morally wrong - that it’s better for a mentally ill individual to be left to starve on the streets rather than a society that can afford to care for these individuals in a controlled environment? Anecdotal support of your argument is a logical fallacy, and can’t be the basis of policy selection.

[bluGill]

Things are more subtle than that. There are a few who starve to death, but the vast majority do find support in the current system and their lives are better than it would be. As always it is complex.