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...overweight. Though the numbers—and waistlines—have been growing for years, the federal government is finally taking steps to solve America’s health problem. Along with other measures to revamp our nation’s healthcare system, Congress is planning to offer tax-credits and other subsidies to employers who reward their employees for healthy behavior. Lawmakers want to make it easier for businesses to encourage their employees to quit smoking, head to the gym, keep a better diet, and lose weight, a plan which does not seem to have any detriments. Such measures...
...decision and what does not. Experts should design programs with concrete standards in place and publish guidelines stating what exactly composes an activity that is acceptable to incentivize, in order to avoid abuse by businesses. Additionally, we hope that Congress takes measures to offset the increased complexity of the tax code, and the difficulty workers will face when trying to figure out whether a free gym-membership, for example, must be accounted for in their income tax returns...
...Time-Tax on Adams House residents...
...should be required to donate thirty-two minutes to a Quadling, to be spent doing whatever a Quadling would otherwise have to do himself. This time quota can be fulfilled daily, or can be bundled into larger periods, at the discretion of the Adams resident. What, exactly, the time-tax is put to use will remain up to individual Quadlings. For instance, you may find it useful to employ your Adams resident to paint your room back to its original color, or to proofread your term paper. I intend to use my time-tax credit to make my Adams resident...
...know what you're thinking: this is ridiculous! There are way more people in the Quad than in Adams! And you make a good point. Which is why we it only makes sense that we extend the time-tax to Lowell and Quincy residents...