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Oklahoma Politician Wants To Tax Violent Video Games

Posted by timothy on from the fourkiller-sounds-violent-and-unhinged dept.

dotarray writes "According to an Oklahoma politician, video games help cause many problems affecting the youth of today, but they can also help solve those same problems. Representative William Fourkiller, a Democrat, has proposed a 1% tax on every video game sold which has a Teen, Mature or Adults Only rating. He explains that half of the money would go towards helping to get kids playing outside, while the other half would be placed into a bullying prevention fund."

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  1. Re:New tax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You do realize that the vast majority of "something stupid" that Mitt Romney "says" is taken out of context, right? And by "out of context" I mean the liberal media (or the current GOP foes) literally cut off the sound bit mid-sentence. That guy is a robot. He doesn't make stupid comments very often. Just do a minute of research on his latest supposed slip-ups, and not on the Huffington Post or MSNBC.

  2. Re:Rule No. 99 by logical_failure · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A southern democrat might as well be a republican

    No, this guy is the typical tax and spend liberal. He wants a tax on violent video games, and wants to then spend the money on a government program or 2.

    So who's the ignorant motherfucker now?

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