| Another game tax proposal, this time in Texas [message #198164] |
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According to a report in The Brownsville Herald yesterday, Democratic Texas senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa has said he will propose a tax on games sold in the state at a Senate Finance Committee meeting this weekend. The tax would hike the cost of games 5 percent. Hinojosa said the measure would generate about $65 million every two years and that the money would go to fund new schools and improvements in poorer school districts.
This is not the first time someone has proposed taxing games. Earlier this year, another Texas politician, Republican gubernatorial candidate Star Locke, campaigned on a platform that included a 50 percent tax on soda, a $10,000 tax on medical clinics for every abortion they provide, and a 100 percent tax on violent games. Unlike Locke, Hinojosa already holds office (Locke came in fourth out of four candidates in the primary elections with 3.5 percent of the vote), and his tax isn't singling out violent games.
"You have all these kids buying video games, and sometimes they are good, some are bad and that's not my call," Hinojosa is quoted as saying in the Herald article. "But I think that we can generate (money) to put toward the schools they go to."
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148557.html
I predict future where games will be just like cigarettes, and booze: taxed. This will not happen any time soon at least not in this decade, but I am sure that it will happen, eventually.
Just face it, games are becomming more and more like cigarettes and booze in many ways.
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| Re: Another game tax proposal, this time in Texas [message #198301 is a reply to message #198164] |
Sun, 30 April 2006 11:13  |
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NukeIt15
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Stupid voters, stupid politicians, stupid tax laws. Thus goes the chain of dipshittery, on down the line.
Just because it's less stupid than the other guy's proposal doesn't make it not stupid. They could find many things that see more common use that would generate a hell of a lot more revenue...know why they don't? Because the "average gamer" section of the population falls into the age group that doesn't fucking vote.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.
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| Re: Another game tax proposal, this time in Texas [message #198428 is a reply to message #198164] |
Mon, 01 May 2006 12:23 |
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csskiller
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Here in Manitoba the Cigarretes have to be behind a curtain, I wonder if they'll do the same for games 
When history witnesses a great change, Razgriz reveals itself,
First as a dark demon,
As a demon it uses its power to reign death upon the land;
and then it dies.
However, after a period of slumber, Razgriz returns.
This time as a great hero...
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