Oklahoma Politician Wants To Tax Violent Video Games

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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Newsflash - Politicians are stupid

[TiggertheMad]

dit dit dit dit dit....dateline Febuary 2nd, 2012:

Concerned that the Republican party nominees are getting too much media attention by saying stupid shit(tm), President Obama announced a new idea for taxing video games. At the press conference, a excited staffer was quoted as saying, 'Ha, lets see those Republican nitwits try to top this idiocy!'

Honestly, do we really need more mommy state laws and taxes for this kind of pointless shit? Ignoring the random and pointless aspect of this proposal, what is a 1% tax on violent video games going to generate revenue wise? We have a single president, with a finite amount of hours in the day, and a trillion dollar economy. Unless he is is working on legislation that is operating in the billion dollar range, I am pretty sure he is wasting his time, and my tax dollars.

Re:Ignorance

[j00r0m4nc3r]

is that like Carpet Munchers?