Proposed Law Would Tax Video Games

[PogoWolf]

Are you ready for this? A senator in Wisconsin wants to add a tax to video games and video game hardware. Why a tax on video games? You'll just love the answer:

The bill's author, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, said the money raised from the tax isn't to dissuade gamers, but to help cover the cost to move 17-year-olds, who commit non-violent crimes, back into the juvenile system. Currently, 17-year-olds are treated as adults, WISC-TV reported.

Why in the world would anyone apply a tax to video games to cover the cost of teenage offenders? Oh, I forgot, it is the video games that are causing these teens to commit crimes. 

 

"I just think it's pretty unfair to attack gamers and have them pay for something they, more than likely, have nothing to do with," said Sallows.

 

I could have said that.. but it would have had a lot more cuss words in it.

pogowolf Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:00:33 +0000

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Source: http://gamersvue.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/proposed-law-would-tax-video-games/