Comments on: Colorado still the fitness capital http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/01/colorado-still-the-fitness-capital/5369/ Colorado Springs' path to the outdoors Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:44:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Zen http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/01/colorado-still-the-fitness-capital/5369/#comment-4609 Zen Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:38:38 +0000 http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/?p=5369#comment-4609 Cool! I'm in the minority! Or er wait ... that's not good is it? Cool! I’m in the minority! Or er wait … that’s not good is it?

]]> By: CW http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/01/colorado-still-the-fitness-capital/5369/#comment-4607 CW Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:48:47 +0000 http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/?p=5369#comment-4607 Maybe instead of flat rate taxes to pay for medicare an incentive for getting fit could be taxes determined by how much body fat you have. Something like: every 1% body fat over average for your height/age=you pay 1% of your paycheck... Of course, this would probably mean that poorer people would end up paying more in medicare taxes and then the complaints that the wealthy don't pay enough to support everybody else will start in again. Maybe instead of flat rate taxes to pay for medicare an incentive for getting fit could be taxes determined by how much body fat you have. Something like: every 1% body fat over average for your height/age=you pay 1% of your paycheck…

Of course, this would probably mean that poorer people would end up paying more in medicare taxes and then the complaints that the wealthy don’t pay enough to support everybody else will start in again.

]]> By: The Most and Least Fit States at Backcountry.com: The Goat http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/01/colorado-still-the-fitness-capital/5369/#comment-4605 The Most and Least Fit States at Backcountry.com: The Goat Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:23:18 +0000 http://outthere.freedomblogging.com/?p=5369#comment-4605 [...] Center for Disease Control and Prevention put out their latest obesity rankings by state, and Colorado is the fittest state with only 18.9% of their residents considered obese. Massachusetts took second and Connecticut a close third with [...] [...] Center for Disease Control and Prevention put out their latest obesity rankings by state, and Colorado is the fittest state with only 18.9% of their residents considered obese. Massachusetts took second and Connecticut a close third with [...]

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