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Federal money for rehabilitation has been part of the Federal budget for many years. By 1991, Federal expenditures for drug treatment had risen by 341 percent since 1986 -- 20 percent faster than the total drug budget, 30 percent faster than spending for drug law enforcement and 700 percent faster than overall federal spending.<ref>Jeffrey Eisenach and Andrew Cowin, May 17, 1991. [https://thecrimereport.org/2018/06/08/why-arent-we-spending-more-on-prisoner-education "The Case Against More Funds for Drug Treatment"] The Heritage Foundation (Retrieved 12/27/19)</ref> In 2015, Federal Block Grant funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (one program among others addressing this need) was $1.819 billion. This goes toward supporting employment, housing, rehabilitation services, crisis stabilization, peer specialist and consumer-directed services, wraparound services for children and families, jail diversion programs, and services for special populations.<ref>Shelley Starkey, June 27, 2019. [https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/topics/federal-budget/ "Federal Budget for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment"] National Council for Behavioral Health (Retrieved 12/27/19)</ref>  Funding for this administration for fiscal year 2020 was $5.9 billion. In addition to other programs, block grant funding for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment was $1.8 billion, and $1.5 billion for State Opioid Response (SOR) Grants.<ref>Malka Berro, December 20, 2019. [https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/capitol-connector/2019/12/congress-passes-fy-2020-funding/ "Congress Passes FY 2020 Funding"] National Council for Behavioral Health (Retrieved 12/27/19)</ref>

Federal money for rehabilitation has been part of the Federal budget for many years. By 1991, Federal expenditures for drug treatment had risen by 341 percent since 1986 -- 20 percent faster than the total drug budget, 30 percent faster than spending for drug law enforcement and 700 percent faster than overall federal spending.<ref>Jeffrey Eisenach and Andrew Cowin, May 17, 1991. [https://thecrimereport.org/2018/06/08/why-arent-we-spending-more-on-prisoner-education "The Case Against More Funds for Drug Treatment"] The Heritage Foundation (Retrieved 12/27/19)</ref> In 2015, Federal Block Grant funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (one program among others addressing this need) was $1.819 billion. This goes toward supporting employment, housing, rehabilitation services, crisis stabilization, peer specialist and consumer-directed services, wraparound services for children and families, jail diversion programs, and services for special populations.<ref>Shelley Starkey, June 27, 2019. [https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/topics/federal-budget/ "Federal Budget for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment"] National Council for Behavioral Health (Retrieved 12/27/19)</ref>  Funding for this administration for fiscal year 2020 was $5.9 billion. In addition to other programs, block grant funding for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment was $1.8 billion, and $1.5 billion for State Opioid Response (SOR) Grants.<ref>Malka Berro, December 20, 2019. [https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/capitol-connector/2019/12/congress-passes-fy-2020-funding/ "Congress Passes FY 2020 Funding"] National Council for Behavioral Health (Retrieved 12/27/19)</ref>

*On December 25, he tweeted a Christmas greeting "celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth, who came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee."

*On December 25, Buttigieg tweeted a Christmas greeting "celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth, who came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as a refugee."

This is not the first time liberals have sought to misappropriate the authority of Scripture with this analogy, and which is criticized on factual grounds since Christ certainly did not come to earth as a refugee fleeing Heaven, thus not being born a refugee, while Joseph was a self-employed carpenter, a legal tax-paying citizen of Rome and there is no reason to think that he was particularly poor, nor did he flee to Egypt for economic reasons.  Instead, Joseph fled to Egypt, which had been folded into the Roman Empire, to escape Herod who would have murdered Christ, like as abortionists do to innocents under their local jurisdiction. Thus if anything, Joseph’s flight to Egypt would be more akin to fleeing mandated abortion in California for Texas rather than fleeing South America to the U.S. for government economic assistance, which is what Buttigieg promotes.<ref>Sam Dorman December 27, 2019. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-backlash-refugee-jesus "Pete Buttigieg faces criticism for calling Jesus a refugee"] FOX News Network (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref><ref> Brandon Morse, October 22, 2018. [https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/10/22/no-jesus-not-refugee-illegal-immigrant/] RedState.com/Salem Media (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref><ref>Daniel1212, 12/28/19 [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3803612/posts?page=65#65] Freerepublic.com (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref>

This is not the first time liberals have sought to misappropriate the authority of Scripture with this analogy, and which is criticized on factual grounds since Christ certainly did not come to earth as a refugee fleeing Heaven, thus not being born a refugee, while Joseph was a self-employed carpenter, a legal tax-paying citizen of Rome and there is no reason to think that he was particularly poor, nor did he flee to Egypt for economic reasons.  Instead, Joseph fled to Egypt, which had been folded into the Roman Empire, to escape Herod who would have murdered Christ, like as abortionists do to innocents under their local jurisdiction. Thus if anything, Joseph’s flight to Egypt would be more akin to fleeing mandated abortion in California for Texas rather than fleeing South America to the U.S. for government economic assistance, which is what Buttigieg promotes.<ref>Sam Dorman December 27, 2019. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-backlash-refugee-jesus "Pete Buttigieg faces criticism for calling Jesus a refugee"] FOX News Network (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref><ref> Brandon Morse, October 22, 2018. [https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2018/10/22/no-jesus-not-refugee-illegal-immigrant/] RedState.com/Salem Media (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref><ref>Daniel1212, 12/28/19 [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3803612/posts?page=65#65] Freerepublic.com (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref>

Meanwhile, it was under then-President Obama that only 53 Syrian Christian refugees of Syria’s civil war were admitted into the United States over the course of 5 years, due to American reliance on a United Nations refugee-resettlement program that disproportionately excluded them.<ref>Nina Shea, November 2, 2015. [https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/11/christian-refugees-syria-religious-minorities-united-states-resettlement-policy/ "The State Department Turns Its Back on Syrian Christians and Other Non-Muslim Refugees"] National Review (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref>

Meanwhile, it was under then-President Obama that only 53 Syrian Christian refugees of Syria’s civil war were admitted into the United States over the course of 5 years, due to American reliance on a United Nations refugee-resettlement program that disproportionately excluded them.<ref>Nina Shea, November 2, 2015. [https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/11/christian-refugees-syria-religious-minorities-united-states-resettlement-policy/ "The State Department Turns Its Back on Syrian Christians and Other Non-Muslim Refugees"] National Review (Retrieved 12/28/19)</ref>

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===Buttigieg and fake news reporting===