Comments on: Cure for Fat Asses - Tax TV and Video Games http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/2008/02/03/91/ Rapid Rants from The Hittman Fri, 16 May 2008 22:50:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Parrot http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/2008/02/03/91/#comment-1098 Parrot Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:42:16 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/2008/02/03/91/#comment-1098 It's basically a sin tax because they figure video games are a detriment to society and society needs to be compensated. I guess you're all to familiar with that as a smoking advocate. Just like when they put taxes on writable media in order to compensate the music industry - ridiculous! What's next? More taxes on the most violent video games to compensate the police department for dealing with the "deranged maniacs these games spawn!"? Doesn't anybody even consider that when you tax products that you disagree with, that then provides the government with an actual incentive to keep that industry going as strongly as possible? It’s basically a sin tax because they figure video games are a detriment to society and society needs to be compensated. I guess you’re all to familiar with that as a smoking advocate.

Just like when they put taxes on writable media in order to compensate the music industry - ridiculous!

What’s next? More taxes on the most violent video games to compensate the police department for dealing with the “deranged maniacs these games spawn!”?

Doesn’t anybody even consider that when you tax products that you disagree with, that then provides the government with an actual incentive to keep that industry going as strongly as possible?

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