Nazi legislator wants poor sterilized

There's another ugly face that could stop a toilet.

Meet Louisiana State Rep. John LaBruzzo. He's a 38-year-old conservative Republican from the wealthy suburb of Metairie. He had a privileged upbringing, with a prep school education and all.

He's also a classist bigot. He's considering a proposal to have the state pay poor people $1,000 each to be sterilized. At the same time, he'd have tax incentives to encourage the rich to have more children. Evidently, he considers the rich to be a superior breed of people.

LaBruzzo claims his program would be voluntary. That's beside the point. Besides that, voluntary too often gives way to mandatory. Even if it is voluntary, to have a policy that considers the rich to be a more fit class of people than the poor for having children smacks of arrogance not unlike that which fueled the eugenics movement and the Nazis' policies.

I'm sure he knows it. I'm almost 100% positive he knows it.

Not only does John LaBruzzo represent racial racketeer David Duke's old district. Even Wikipedia says LaBruzzo "is reputed to share Duke's views." In fact, nearly 20 years ago, Duke proposed almost the exact same idea LaBruzzo has now.

This is an era in which elected officials can be suspended from their duties by unelected committees just for criticizing media outlets' right-wing bias. But what's the consequence for LaBruzzo for supporting genocide of the poor? Apparently nothing - even though he really wasn't even elected: In the most recent "election", he had no opponent.

Another LaBruzzo cause celebre is tax credits for wealthy private schools - in a state that's already perhaps the most generous to such institutions. Incidentally, this was also one of David Duke's major proposals.

LaBruzzo wants to give taxpayer money to schools that already have plenty, while he complains about the poor collecting too much in welfare? Only 2% of Louisiana households even get welfare, and they only get about $200 a month each. And welfare has a strict time limit.

So he's not only a Nazi, but also a hypocrite.

(Source: http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/labruzzo_sterilization_plan_fi.html)