Posted on 02/06/2019 8:04:46 PM PST by Sir Napsalot
Lawmakers from Pennsylvania have put forth a bill that proposes a 10% excise tax on violent video games. House Bill 109 seeks to impose the so-called "sin tax" on games sold at retail that are rated by the ESRB as M for Mature or Adults-Only. The money would go into a fund called the "Digital Protection for School Safety Account" that aims to enhance security measures at schools in the wake of the school shootings in Parkland, Florida and Newtown, Connecticut.
State representative Chris Quinn, a republican, initially put forth the bill in 2018, but it never made it out of committee during the 2018 legislative session. The new version is similarly worded.
The 10 percent tax would be in addition to applicable state and local taxes. The sales tax rate in Pennsylvania is 6%, which means a standard $60 game costs around $64. With the extra 10 percent tax on violent games, the cost of an M-rated game like Red Dead Redemption 2 would make the game end up costing about $70.
Explaining the bill last year, Quinn said violent video games might be an element in the rise of school shootings in America. ...
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His district is going gaga for heroin and he thinks taxing video games is the answer. Some Republican. Tax narcan and indemnify each recipient to give up a source upon administration, it will bring in more money... That schmuck.
>>Lawmakers from Pennsylvania have put forth a bill that proposes a 10% excise tax on violent...
rap(e) music, slasher films, sadistic zombie tv programs, etc.
if not, why not?
Please! You know it’s coming.
*guaranteed* (speaking in heavy accent)
Actually there’s no law on it. It’s an industry convention. A seller ignoring the ESRB rating and getting caught would find themselves off distribution, but there’s no law enforcement repercussions.
Nowadays people can just buy video games that are a few years old off certain retailers. I don’t care for how dumbed down and automated modern games are now, and don’t want to pay 60 dollars for a video game that is incomplete and charges you additional money over time.
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