this is just frightening that someone would not only think this, but put it in writing. such horrible example of discriminatory, predatory thinking (and he might be back as treasury secretary! Say it isn't so Obama!)

Quoted: On December 12, 1991, while serving as chief economist for the World Bank, Summers authored a private memo arguing that the bank should actively encourage the dumping of toxic waste in developing countries, particularly "under populated countries in Africa," which Summers described as "UNDER-polluted." Summers added that public outrage over the heightened rates of prostate cancer caused by his proposed dumping would be mitigated by the fact that poor people in developing countries rarely live long enough to develop prostate cancer.