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Texas Politician Wants Violent Games Tax
Gamepolitics reports that a candidate for the Governor of Texas would pass a violent games tax if elected. From the article: "The Amarillo Globe News is reporting that Republican gubernatorial candidate Star Locke wants to scrap Texas' current property tax system. Instead, Locke would institute new taxes on abortion providers, soft drinks, and violent video games to fund the state's government. Locke, a rancher and builder from Corpus Christi, favors a 50% tax on violent games, as well as a $10,000 tax per abortion and a 10% levy on sweetened soft drinks."
Quelle suprise. A republican reels out an illogical, unjust and morally oppressive proposition to tax people who don't fit into their puritanical world view. I just hope anyone calling the republicans a party in favour of low tax and fairness feels a jolt of ridiculousness from now on - they're simply religious fundamentalists trying to impose their fairy-tale morals on the rest of us, lying closer to the new islamist parties of the middle east than anyone else. From the grassroots to the very top they're a bunch of mindless, populist, reactionary and authoritarian asshats.
In general, don't you find that conspicuously pious posturing and an inability to think through consequences go hand in hand?
No, I find those crazy left-wingers just as inable to think as those on the right.
That's government.
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
Die.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden