Treatment Not Trauma is a linchpin of Brandon Johnson’s mayoral campaign that he hopes to put in place now that he’s in office. The biggest challenge, of course, is money. Johnson’s 2024 budget includes more than $15 million for such services, which he said will allow “expanding 911 response teams by almost 75 percent” and increasing staffing in public mental health clinics.
This program is just typical Democrat misdirection to throw money at the Dem machine workers administering the program. Everyone knows that city workers or their agents are NEVER going to solve anyone’s mental issues. Further, of the criminals class in Chicago, it’s only a small percentage committing actual crimes who have the mental issues which need professional help. Instead, the typical Chicago criminal is the one INFLICTING trauma on innocent victims. This is not even arguable. What’s really needed is a program called Long Term Incarceration Sparing Trauma in Innocent Chicago Victims. But we all know that’s never going to… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
This program is just typical Democrat misdirection to throw money at the Dem machine workers administering the program. Everyone knows that city workers or their agents are NEVER going to solve anyone’s mental issues. Further, of the criminals class in Chicago, it’s only a small percentage committing actual crimes who have the mental issues which need professional help. Instead, the typical Chicago criminal is the one INFLICTING trauma on innocent victims. This is not even arguable. What’s really needed is a program called Long Term Incarceration Sparing Trauma in Innocent Chicago Victims. But we all know that’s never going to… Read more »