Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Moving, Moving, Moving


According to Dan Moran of the SACRAMENTO BEE, James Flavy Coy Brown, a schizophrenic in Nevada, was placed by Carson City authorities on a bus with a three-day supply of anti-psychotic medicine, "four bottles of Ensure and what he called cheesy peanut butter crackers." Like nearly 400 mentally ill people a year, he was then sent alone from Nevada to one of the other states. In Brown's case he landed in Sacramento, California, where he knew no one. While you might think that supplying a schizophrenic with food, meds and travel cost the generous taxpayers of Nevada needed cash, it actually saved Nevada a lot of money and consideration. Here's my thought. If this cost-saving measure works for Nevada, why won't it work for the other 49 states? There are always empty bus seats to fill. It's fun to ride along looking at the scenery. The buses are warm in winter and cool in summer.  The rain can't get in. The seat reclines. There are toilets on board.

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