22 State Attorneys General originally signed on in support of Georgia's petition to strike the freedom provisions of the ADA. Here is what they said in their brief:
"If institutional populations drop significantly, the facility-based reimbursement schemes in place nationwide will be severely undermined because of the diseconomies of scale." (Translation: We must be allowed to lock up as many as it takes to keep our institutions alive.)
Further, there exist a finite number of community placements." (Tr.: Sorry, we're all out of room on this planet.)
Although the Eleventh Circuit asserted that its opinion did not mandate deinstitutionalization, the states contend that the practical effect of the opinion below will be mass deinstitutionalization." (Tr.: What will become of society if we let those people run around loose!!"
"The effect of the Eleventh Circuit holding is to afford preferential treatment to individuals with disabilities because it requires the provision of services available to disabled individuals only in a community-based setting." (Tr.: It's not segregation if the only people we lock up are cripples, feebs and crazies.)
Finally, this startling admission:
"It is self-evident that, if a state spends enough money, virtually any person can safely and appropriately be served in his or her own home." (Tr.: In truth, home services save money.}
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