Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   This Seems Reasonable Date:   12/31/2019 3:15:03 PM

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg is facing renewed criticism of his fundraising operation after it was revealed that a top donor once suggested that "Republican red states" should offer a "cash for fatties" program to help combat obesity.

"Basically, people in the thinner and mostly bluer states are paying for the healthcare costs of all of the uninsured and Medicare covered individuals in these red state," wrote Wendy Wanderman in a piece titled "Cash for Fatties," published by Huffington Post in 2011.

Similar to President Barack Obama's "cash for clunkers" initiative, Wanderman suggested the government "institute a program in which people are paid to lose weight."