Comment Re:Sin tax? (Score 1) 315
I updated the article to link to Wikipedia's explanation of "sin tax." Seems like some folks are interpreting that as moral judgment on video games, which was not my intent.
Comment Re:Missing the point. (Score 1) 315
Thank you for this -- I didn't mean "sin tax" as a sort of judgment on video games, I meant it as a class of things to be taxed.
Comment Re:Pesky First Amendment (Score 1) 315
For the record...yes, I was being sarcastic. I meant "viable compromise" in the sense that politicians see it that way, and thus get away with even proposing this legislation when they wouldn't normally be taken seriously.
To your point, when money's involved, these laws don't get very far (as I also stated in the article).
Thanks for reading the article, at least. :)
Submission + - When politicians tax violent video games (examiner.com) 1
talien79 writes: "Taxing video games has a storied history in state legislatures. The reality is that video games, violent or otherwise, simply make too much money to be stopped. But taxing them is a viable compromise, a "sin tax" of sorts similar to that levied on cigarettes. This article reviews the time-honored tactic of politicians pandering to their base: taxing violent video games."
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