> Id be happy to see a tax on fat people due to the externalities they place on the healthcare system. What about dumb people? Or people with Down syndrome? Or

> Id be happy to see a tax on fat people due to the externalities they place on the healthcare system. What about dumb people? Or people with Down syndrome? Or people who use a wheelchair? Or people who were born with a missing limb? Or spina bifida? Why limit it to “fat people,” other than because society says it’s simply okay to shame them more than others? And before you say it’s a choice: it isn’t always. Kids don’t get to pick what their parents feed them, and while you can make changes in adulthood, if you don’t have the tools or skills, good parents (or any at all), and so on, you’re in for a rough time.