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Texas politician proposes 100 percent game tax
[UPDATE] Republican primary candidate wants to eliminate property taxes by heavily taxing games the government deems "violent."
Though incumbent Governor Rick Perry is almost assured to win the Republican nomination for this year's gubernatorial election in Texas, he does face three longshot challengers. One of them, Corpus Christi rancher Star Locke, has proposed eliminating property taxes in the Lone Star State with revenue from taxing three things he finds undesirable. Specifically, Locke is proposing a $10,000 per-abortion tax on medical clinics that perform abortions and a 50 percent tax on all sodas "contains added glucose, fructose, sucrose to the beverage for sale to humans."

[UPDATE] However, gamers will be especially alarmed by the third part of Locke's property-tax-relief proposal--a 100 percent tax on "violent video games." According to the candidate's official Web site, the candidate would impose "The Family Security & Protection Act" when elected. Section 4 of the act calls for "levy a 100 percent of price sales cost tax for the sale on ... any video game containing any form of human violence."

"I take the position that the Founding Fathers took: that the power to tax is the power to destroy," Locke told the Amarillo Globe News. "So our concept is that we need to tax things we don't want and you want to not tax things that you want to encourage."

However, in the unlikely event he is sent to the governor's mansion, Locke would create a 10-member board that label games as violent. According to the Globe, the tax itself would be levied against the publishers of said games--and quickly. "Once it's reviewed, the tax would be levied swiftly," he said.

[UPDATE] Locke's other platform promises call for the repeal of all alcoholic beverage laws and a 50 percent "grease tax" on "upon all food prepared by deep-frying or cooking in any form of oil or grease for human consumption."
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from http://www.gamespot.com/news/6143114.html
What are you're comments?

Wacky americans, always thinking of this weird laws, or taxes, or whatever.

First it was 50% and now its 100%. This creep of a governor should be shot.
Its the parents who are to blame for this.They hand the kids cash to buy these violent games.Sheesh. If they are gonna tax violent games, I think they should tax most of all the games that are released. See, Mario for instance.You stomp you're enemies and kill them. Will they tax this?? (Not including games like Harvest Moon or racing games.)Instead of banning the kids from buying it - they tax the company.
The ESRB ratings are enough to make a parent stop their child from buying it.But if the parents are ignorant....
All the kids - who are not even 4 or 5 own GTA San Andreas here in Dubai.
Sheesh. Nice way to make money , governer - you FREAK!!

In a mod I recently installed for GTA sanandreas, about jack thompson (a nutter that hates every videogame ever who is trying to ban them), it made a joke of banning super mario bros when jack Thompson Meets up with a recently crippled man, and he said he was influcensed to jump into pipe by super mario bros, and when he did it, he became crippled.


I bet They'll find some way of banning Super mario bros.

lol. Its the parents to blame. A good slap or two to the child would do the trick.Better a slap than being a spoiled brat.If the parents know what type of games the child is playing this would've stopped.Sheesh.

I often feel that when a teenager has murdered someone, they just don't want the blame putting on them, so they say "GTA did it" or "manhunt forced me to do it", etc...

Hehe the guy who is against videogames is called Locke :P.

jack Thompson as well, he caused all the problems with the hot coffee mod for san andreas last year.

[quote author=Mana link=topic=22327.msg126247#msg126247 date=1138294876]
Hehe the guy who is against videogames is called Locke :P.
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Heh, that's the same name as that bald guy in Lost

It's redicilous that they wanna put taxes on games. They make cigarettes more expensive and I don't think people will really stop smoking because of that. Kids will still buy violent games, they'll just get more money from their parents if their parents are dumb enough ;p

[quote author=triforcemario link=topic=22327.msg126246#msg126246 date=1138294631]
I often feel that when a teenager has murdered someone, they just don't want the blame putting on them, so they say "GTA did it" or "manhunt forced me to do it", etc...
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Ya, I know. A kid in the US killed his best mate 'coz in the game he recently played , the hero kills his best mate.How lame >_>


[quote author=Mana link=topic=22327.msg126247#msg126247 date=1138294876]
Hehe the guy who is against videogames is called Locke :P.
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Locke as in the one from FF3/FF6 ? lol.

100% game tax? Are you sure? thats $100 per game... noone is gonna buy a game at those prices.

Thank god I don't live there. Too bad for the gamers in Texas though. >_<

word i love new york's ~8.5% tax rates on everything :)

Here in Dubai, we don't pay taxes from our salary or the things we buy.Only have to pay the internet bill,water and electricity bills etc.
Seriously what a dumb thing to do.Great way to make money Locke.You wanna band on your head saying "I am smart!" Locke? Or did you tax bands too?

Aegis, how the hell does your govn't fund all of it's programs?? (assuming it has any)

Poor texans.. Forget buying videogames..just go for the Monopoly board game =P

[quote author=</crimson> link=topic=22327.msg126335#msg126335 date=1138359063]
Aegis, how the hell does your govn't fund all of it's programs?? (assuming it has any)

Poor texans.. Forget buying videogames..just go for the Monopoly board game =P
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Actually we're FILTHY RICH here because of the oil, Airshows, Horse Racing,PowerBoat racing,Golf, A380's(ya, them.) The Palm Islands,The underwater Hotel, Burj Al Arab AND the soon coming Burj Dubai.Plus the computer exhibitions ie, Gitex and DSF and DSS are great way for income.
lol.  We are more richer than you think </crimson> lol.  ;) ;D

lol what a shit tax. you can't tax things you think people dont want. coz most of the people do want it. not the game companies fault, parents fault for bringing up a murderer. Unlucky Texans, oh well, probably an enraged san andreas fan will kill him and then steal a car and escape from police by shooting them and collect special stars to make the police go away.

Always targetting the wrong people.

This isn't going to stop video game companies. It's going to put video game retailers out of business. If you want to send a message, don't rob honest businessmen of their jobs.

There was an article here about GTA and how kiddies are affected.I've seen mothers by their children buying the game for them.

For some reason, alot of people think that its "videogames" that make kids kill people, well, I've played GTA, RE4, and other violent games, and not once have I considered killing someone, or jacking a car, etc... In my opinion, its only weak minded children and teens it happens to.