Texas Politician Wants Violent Games Tax

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @03:26AM from the worse-than-cigarettes-by-far dept.

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."

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Re:So let me get this straight....... by RailGunner · 2006-01-25 03:32 · Score: 3, Informative

Star Locke doesn't have a snowball chance in hell of winning the Texas Governor position. It's going to be between the incumbent, Rick Perry, and another Republican challenger, Carole Keeton Strayhorn.
Star Locke, Kinky Friedman, and a few others, are just dry-roasted nuts that aren't worth paying much attention too.