RALEIGH, N.C. — People sterilized against their will under a discredited North Carolina state program should each be paid $50,000, a task force voted Tuesday, marking the first time a state has moved to compensate victims of a once-common public health practice called eugenics.(visit the link for the full news article)
The panel recommended that the money go to verified, living victims, including those who are alive now but may die before the lawmakers approve any compensation. The Legislature must still approve any payments.
A task force report last year said 1,500 to 2,000 of those victims were still alive, and the state has
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
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This is some messed up news though.
Originally posted by rubbertramp
"State officials sterilized more than 7,600 people in North Carolina from 1929 to 1974 under eugenics programs, which at the time were aimed at creating what was seen as a better society by weeding out people such as criminals and mentally disabled people considered undesirable. Around the country more than 60,000 people were forcibly sterilized under the program."
50k seems a bargain. especially in todays dollars. i'd sure want more if i was one of those mutilated.
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eta, sorry bout' the multiple threads, but the newswire is screaming at me today.
seems odd that so many imortant issues are getting press. makes me wonder about what they are not telling us.edit on 10-1-2012 by rubbertramp because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
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