The weren't rich enough so " wham bamm thank you mam " boom HFCS!
And ever since then the rise in obesity, diabetes, etc. tracks perfectly on a graph chart with the introduction of HFCS into more aspects of our diet.
"But, that's a good thing!",
says Mr. Sneakyman Inc. VP of Medical profits.
And the reason they did that was due to a complex system of tariffs and quotas that keeps the US price of sugar artificially high.