A Republican House member said he doesn't think he needs to apologize for telling a voter he thinks eugenics and exile to Siberia are solutions to mental illness.
“Send the "defective people" to Siberia to freeze to death and clean up the population.” Rep. Marty Harty’s (R) Barrington answer to decreasing demands on the budget from those with mental illness, developmental or physical disabilities.
When asked by a constituent to please funds in the budget for the mentally ill and those with developmental disabilities, Rep. Marty Harty, R, Barrington responded with the following:
"I'm sorry I don't agree with your side. I and several of us in the state house believe in eugenics...I think the world is too populated. So we believe that there is too many defective people...You know the mentally ill, the retarded, people with physical disabilities and drug addictions - the defective people society would be better off with out. I wish we had a Siberia so we could ship them all off to freeze to death and die and clean up the population. If you women didn't try to give yourself abortions, you wouldn't end up with defective children."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/11/955199/-Disabled,-mentally-ill,-send-them-to-Siberia
“Send the "defective people" to Siberia to freeze to death and clean up the population.” Rep. Marty Harty’s (R) Barrington answer to decreasing demands on the budget from those with mental illness, developmental or physical disabilities.
When asked by a constituent to please funds in the budget for the mentally ill and those with developmental disabilities, Rep. Marty Harty, R, Barrington responded with the following:
"I'm sorry I don't agree with your side. I and several of us in the state house believe in eugenics...I think the world is too populated. So we believe that there is too many defective people...You know the mentally ill, the retarded, people with physical disabilities and drug addictions - the defective people society would be better off with out. I wish we had a Siberia so we could ship them all off to freeze to death and die and clean up the population. If you women didn't try to give yourself abortions, you wouldn't end up with defective children."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/11/955199/-Disabled,-mentally-ill,-send-them-to-Siberia