Get this: the federal government is offering New Year’s advice on improving our health and managing our money – courtesy of the National Institutes of Health and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Their first recommended resolution: getting fit.

According to the NIH’s “Making Your Resolutions Stick” page, common resolutions include eating more nutritious foods and losing weight.

Great idea, federal government – but don’t you see the irony in advising citizens to slim down, while your own corpulence – fiscal, bureaucratic and otherwise – continues to bloat?

Here’s another government recommendation: exercise more.

The NIH notes that regular physical activity reduces the risk of serious diseases, lowers stress and improves sleep.

No argument there. Americans need to get their stress levels down – especially after watching Congress pass trillion-dollar spending bills without........

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