From United Airlines’ wide body plan to a fat tax -- it’s just mean

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Consumer columnist David Lazarus notes the harsh reaction to United Airlines’ plan to charge some obese passengers for a second seat if they can’t fit into the one they bought. That proposal also has sparked more talk of a fat tax for fliers.

With airlines shrinking seats as their customers continue to grow larger, all of this punitive fat talk is just plain mean.