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> It helps a lot to have a trainer. In fact we should be paying for gym and fitness trainers for pretty much anyone who wants it. The benefits are extraordinary
by monochromatic 11y ago
> It helps a lot to have a trainer. In fact we should be paying for gym and fitness trainers for pretty much anyone who wants it. The benefits are extraordinary especially in Canada where we all pay for everyone's healthcare.
This mindset that the government should be spending tax revenue on anything beneficial is bizarre.
- rdtsc 11y ago> This mindset that the government should be spending tax revenue on anything beneficial is bizarre. Anything? Did they say that? Health care of citizens is not "anything", it is a very imporant thing. More important than military, guns, flying to the moon, and many other things. So yes, they should be spending the hell of out of that tax revenue to keeps citizens healthy, productive and not have hundreds of millions of chronically sick patients all needing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of care every couple of years.
- x5n1 11y agoYes the government should only be spending it to bail out distressed financial institutions, bankrupt individuals, etc.
- danharaj 11y agoNo, clearly the government's only job is to enforce property rights and suppress anyone who is discontented with the condition of their society.
- jokamoto 11y agoThere's a pretty clear potential for overall net savings, if the cost of providing citizens access to fitness programs is less than the cost of providing additional healthcare to those citizens if they remain sedentary.