Government subsidized kiteboards for everyone!

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"The Personal Health Investment Today Act (H.R. 2105), also known as PHIT, a bill pending in Congress, would allow for customers to be reimbursed for purchases focused on physical fitness, specifically hardgoods."

http://business.transworld.net/news/pen ... hardgoods/

Interesting...I wonder if kites would be covered if this passed, or if they'd be considered softgoods?

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This is great if you work for a company with an employment health plan. I think that kites and boards would qualify but something like wetsuits and shirts would not.

But it's still a bit contradictory from a business perspective because, as an active participant in active sports like snowboarding or kiting, one is far more prone to injury than a couch potato. Then again, a broken bone is far more cheap than heart surgury...