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Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: sullie363 on January 25, 2006, 08:36:36 PM

I'm sorry but I just found this very funny.

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Republican primary candidate wants to eliminate property taxes by heavily taxing games the government deems "violent."

Though incumbent Governor Rick Perry is almost assured to win the Republican nomination for this year's gubernatorial election in Texas, he does face three longshot challengers. One of them, Corpus Christi rancher Star Locke, has proposed eliminating property taxes in the Lone Star State with revenue from taxing three things he finds undesirable. Specifically, Locke is proposing a $10,000 per-abortion tax on medical clinics that perform abortions and a 10 percent tax on all sodas containing sugar.

However, gamers will be especially alarmed by the third part of Locke's property-tax-relief proposal--a 50 percent tax on "violent video games." "I take the position that the Founding Fathers took: that the power to tax is the power to destroy," he told the Amarillo Globe News. "So our concept is that we need to tax things we don't want and you want to not tax things that you want to encourage."

However, in the unlikely event he is sent to the governor's mansion, Locke would create a 10-member board that label games are violent. The tax itself would be levied against the publishers of said games--and quickly. "Once it's reviewed, the tax would be levied swiftly," he said.

By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
Posted Jan 25, 2006 6:22 pm PT

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: Wolf14 on January 25, 2006, 08:52:46 PM

Kinda screwy all the way around. Looking at it from a point of view of somebody who isnt in the know, Would AH be considered violent?

I dont, but I am curious what others think.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: rpm on January 25, 2006, 09:10:34 PM

Vote Kinky.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: JTs on January 25, 2006, 09:22:31 PM

texas rancher as a politican?  have i heard this before?

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: FuBaR on January 25, 2006, 09:30:51 PM

Put a tax on pornography first, Civil War Redux.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: Gunslinger on January 25, 2006, 10:26:58 PM

While I'm all for reducing property taxes (texas is expensive in some areas)  I don't beleive in this kind of censorship.  Do you really think this will stop at just video games?  Probably not, movies would be next.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: rpm on January 25, 2006, 10:31:49 PM

Anyone notice this is not some liberal Democrat calling for this?


Vote Kinky!

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: GRUNHERZ on January 25, 2006, 10:32:04 PM

Why doesnt he heavily tax guns, they cause the real life violence inspired by violent video games?

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: fartwinkle on January 25, 2006, 10:32:22 PM

They have already passed some new bill that school taxes cant be collected from property taxes anymore:aok

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: Gunslinger on January 25, 2006, 10:33:30 PM

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Originally posted by rpm
Anyone notice this is not some liberal Democrat calling for this?


Vote Kinky!

I voted for mostly libertarian last election

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: Debonair on January 26, 2006, 12:39:51 AM

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Originally posted by FuBaR
Put a tax on pornography first, Civil War Redux.

Guy with one hand on magazine/remote/mouse can't shoot a gun

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: rpm on January 26, 2006, 10:20:21 AM

Guns. Good choice.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: FUNKED1 on January 26, 2006, 01:53:45 PM

I'd like a 100% tax on self-righteous busybody politicians.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: lasersailor184 on January 26, 2006, 02:08:46 PM

I'd vote for that.

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: Debonair on January 26, 2006, 02:18:56 PM

That would cost me a fortune.
I go dozens of those guys i have to pay already & you want to double it?

Title: Texas politician wants a 50% tax on violent video games.
Post by: FuBaR on January 27, 2006, 02:32:09 AM

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Originally posted by Debonair
Guy with one hand on magazine/remote/mouse can't shoot a gun

 feet? buahahah