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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Maybe if we had a strong athletic tradition in both summer and winter sports and proper funding to follow, we could spend less on health care given that citizens would take healthy and physical lifestyles more seriously. Preventative measures are more cost-effective than funding surgeries, beds, wait times, medicine, etc. Exercise and confidence in an athletic system are a prime solution.
Not to mention that properly-funded athletic programs can keep kids from getting bored and getting involved in crimes and/or drugs. That's a whole argument in itself.
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Yeah all those American gold medals from years past have done wonders at reducing the waistlines of Americans and reducing youth crime!
