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Are you ready for this? A senator in Wisconsin wants to add a tax to video games and video game hardware. Why a tax on video games? Youll just love the answer:
Why in the world would anyone apply a tax to video games to cover the cost of teenage offenders? Oh, I forgot, it is the video games that are causing these teens to commit crimes. Thanks to Manny Calavera for the linkage on this one.
The bill's author, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, said the money raised from the tax isn't to dissuade gamers, but to help cover the cost to move 17-year-olds, who commit non-violent crimes, back into the juvenile system. Currently, 17-year-olds are treated as adults, WISC-TV reported.
Why in the world would anyone apply a tax to video games to cover the cost of teenage offenders? Oh, I forgot, it is the video games that are causing these teens to commit crimes. Thanks to Manny Calavera for the linkage on this one.