[vba616]

> there are few people going out into the field to rescue them

>So there is obviously no bottom-most robust safety net, as plainly evidenced by the homeless situation

What is your perspective on schizophrenia?

[psyc]

In severe cases, they fall into the unable to secure benefits / care for themselves category. In the absence of consistent policy, they're at the mercy of individual psychiatrists who have sole discretion to place them in long term care, or turn them out on the street. In America, life is like a box of chocolates.