Connecticute State Representative From Newtown Proposes Mature-Rated Video Game Tax

Noble intentions, but once again its the type of law that would miss the point since it stigmatizes and marginalizes games.

Throw in 10% tax on R rated movies and Parental Advisory Music as well, then I say go for it. Let's at least be consistent with what can cause violence that way.

Are you running for something?

If I do, I would never win. I'm too honest.

Well, you have my vote.

This is just going to cause people to go out of state to buy M rated games or find some other means to avoid the tax. Games are already damn expensive and the gamers of CT don't need to be forking over extra money in taxes because of some nut case. If CT really gave a damn about aiding mental wellness, they would have funded the research and development of such ages ago and not use the Sandy Hook incident as a leaping off point cause now it looks like an opportunistic move.

Sorry I've never been to the States; but if the guys in CT bought off Amazon (or the like), would they get the tax (if it goes through)?

Possibly, but there's always the option of having it delivered elsewhere or what have you. At worst, they may pirate.

When you're all alone in an alley and a Playstation approaches you, blocking your exit, and starts saying how 'pretty you smell' do you really want to have nothing more than a whistle and an earnest hope someone hears it?

Buy an X-Box; now in Tactical Black! Stay Safe. Stay American.

"She told Eyewitness News WFSB that she wants to see the money raised from the tax to be used for mental health services." It won't, of course.

Also, this is stupid. Maybe legislators should do their research before they do their job. If I made this big of a research ****up at a job, I'd probably get sacked.

"She told Eyewitness News WFSB that she wants to see the money raised from the tax to be used for mental health services." It won't, of course.

Also, this is stupid. Maybe legislators should do their research before they do their job. If I made this big of a research ****up at a job, I'd probably get sacked.

These people are ****ing idiots. Video games are not the issue. The problem lies in the fact that there are way to many people in our society walking around with untreated mental disorders/traumas and not being able to get the help they need because its so expensive. And if this tax were to come in effect, I for one second do not believe all of it would go to help those individuals who need mental health care. I guarantee the money would find its way into the pockets of legislators. And to think, all if this is happening because they found "violent video games" at the shooters house. I'm sorry but I blame the mother here. Why the hell would you keep guns in your house knowing your kid is not alright upstairs. Smh

I don't think any vice should be taxed.

If you want to tax liquor & tobacco on the basis that they are vices please do. Also tax all the other vices: everything with high fructose corn syrup, M rated games, pornography, any Movie with a PG 13 rating or up (because in America kids can handle cursing and violence, but no nudity...), etc.

If we want a nanny state, this country needs to go broke or go home so we can get enough people pissed off to actually do away with our idiotic elected officials.

Let's put a band-aid on a severed limb.

Sounds about right to me.

The generation of people that say "video games causes violence!" will all die one day and we can all be happy. Hopefully the next person taking the throne will be more open minded.

Guess what? If I lived there I would just have my friends in other states buy me games.

Thumb up this comment if you were singing "I'm just a bill..."

I wasn't, but now I'm imagining it, and I'm tickled.

Apparently our government is going to skip over that whole mental health and treatment thing. Its pretty much now up to the people with mental problems to commit a crime before we do anything about them.

The way it damn well should be! 'MERICAAAAAAA!!! Fuh-REEEEEEEEE-DUMB!

Plenipotentiary power to involuntarily commit someone to the tender mercies of the mental health system on the suspicion that they may be a danger to themselves or others is not a thing you want to see coming back to this country. That experiment ran its course and it produced nothing but misery and human suffering from end to end.