Tax deductions for fitness??????

By Ryan on August 29th, 2007

Recently, I read this article on the DallasMorningViews titled the the “Obesity strategy”, made by Michael Landauer.  He states that enough is enough; there’s been endless editorials regarding America’s and the world’s obesity epidemic and there’s been no significant changes.   There has been constant pointing of the finger but no real direction by the governments.  If our governments acted on smoking 30 years ago, the problem would be well under control by now.  Now it is time to make a stand on the obesity issue - no more side stepping the issue or worrying about offending people.  The government should be offering tax deductions to those that exercise on a regular basis and measured with yearly fitness evaluations.  Gym memberships should be entirely tax deductible as should 1 pair of exercise shoes. Hang on a second, maybe we should start turning our attention to the private health funds that like to provide a lesser service and a greater premium charged on a yearly basis (but the governments don’t want to know about that either). 
Interested in getting anyone’s views on this issue good or bad……

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