What constitutes a crisis?

I had a similar reaction to the folks at N.C. Policy Watch when I saw the N&O today. Top of the page was a story about the incentives package. Bottom of the page was another story about a state mental hospital losing federal funding.
My comment: This is madness.
Chris is a little more thoughtful:

But in many families’ lives, reform has become another word for frustration and despair. Finding adequate services in many communities is impossible or at least extraordinarily difficult. Now comes word that the hospitals aren’t safe either and state officials are admitting that the new hospital will be overcrowded and it hasn’t even opened yet.

It’s no wonder that people with mental illness have lost faith in this Administration’s ability to do anything to help them. Dempsey Benton was sworn in recently as the new Health and Human Services Secretary and he has his work cut out for him.

But it shouldn’t be impossible. After all, it only took two days for lawmakers and the Administration to come with a plan give $60 million to a handful of corporations.