Honest question. Do you trust this administration, our systems as they stand, and do you understand the historical significance of such measures?
Because I can answer those.
No. Yes. Yes.
And in no way, shape, or form would I grant them this power. Especially since we literally have a talking head on the main network that our current president literally hires from that straight up suggested just killing homeless people because it’d be easier.
So, I understand and can respect your good faith interpretation, and I understand how you could believe this could be used for good but with all that said, are you outta your god damned mind? Of course they’re gonna end up abusing that power. It’s a literal inevitability.
But what they’re proposing here isn’t something like the VA/feds deciding someone gets a guardian, all they’re proposing is giving physicians with the VA the power to refer people into the guardianship legal process in state courts, specifically Virginia. Potential wards would still be subject to a full vetting by county-level guardianship investigators who are typically attorneys, and then be appointed an attorney ad litem, and then go before a judge to argue their case, and then be subject to regular judicial follow-ups to make sure things are on track.
They’re not proposing tearing down any of the existing guardrails to protect people, nor are they attempting to federalize this process. Do I trust the Trump Admin? Absolutely not. But I see no shenanigans with this one
Honest question. Do you trust this administration, our systems as they stand, and do you understand the historical significance of such measures?
Because I can answer those.
No. Yes. Yes.
And in no way, shape, or form would I grant them this power. Especially since we literally have a talking head on the main network that our current president literally hires from that straight up suggested just killing homeless people because it’d be easier.
So, I understand and can respect your good faith interpretation, and I understand how you could believe this could be used for good but with all that said, are you outta your god damned mind? Of course they’re gonna end up abusing that power. It’s a literal inevitability.
But what they’re proposing here isn’t something like the VA/feds deciding someone gets a guardian, all they’re proposing is giving physicians with the VA the power to refer people into the guardianship legal process in state courts, specifically Virginia. Potential wards would still be subject to a full vetting by county-level guardianship investigators who are typically attorneys, and then be appointed an attorney ad litem, and then go before a judge to argue their case, and then be subject to regular judicial follow-ups to make sure things are on track.
They’re not proposing tearing down any of the existing guardrails to protect people, nor are they attempting to federalize this process. Do I trust the Trump Admin? Absolutely not. But I see no shenanigans with this one