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In the 1940s, scientist were advocating direct taxes on people who were overweight. The idea was that if you had to pay a tax for being overweight, you would start dieting until you got to a tax-neutral poundage. Their thinking was that if you ate less, more food would be available to fight the Nazis.
— David Brunori, about to get into a tirade about junk food taxes. State Tax Notes, Oct. 19, 2009, p. 189.
