What s next, a tater tax? asks the Los Angeles Times, noting the trend toward imposing taxes on the culinary villain du jour. Currently, the target is soda, but, says the editorial, by the same logic, a recent study linking potatoes to excess weight gain could just as likely result in a proposal to tax consumption of the staple vegetable. (Truly, their conjecture doesn t seem so far-fetched, considering that the USDA has recently called for a significant limitation of potatoes in federally subsidized school meals.)
