Don't bash our politics too quicklyfather_time89July 21 2006, 21:11:21 UTC
Just because a politician is thinking about the idea doesn't mean it will be implemented. Our founding fathers fought tooth and nail to get rid of an overly taxing government. No one would dare call us unpatriotic or unamerican or whatever if we fight to get rid of the tax hillary is proposing if she decides to propose it.
Re: Don't bash our politics too quicklydustin1986July 21 2006, 22:30:24 UTC
I'm upset that this is even being mentioned. Why a tax on video games? It seems that the reasoning behind this is that video games are so dangerous and do so much damage to young people's minds that they have a debt to repay to society. It's completely insane and I don't ike it. Let's talk about things that actually matter! I don't want to have to waste my time to protect my trivial little freedoms. I want my Halo 2, so just leave me alone!
While Kos has had a strong impact on the Lieberman race, I'd take its readership's viewers on Hillary with a grain of salt -- those readers are largely far left and don't represent the mainstream views of the Democratic Party, where Hillary is still considered the current frontrunner for the nomination in '08.
(For the record, I'm what most Americans would call far-left too, and absolutely despise Hillary. But my opinions are seldom in line with the mainstream party's. My vote in the '04 primaries was Kucinich -- and he came in, what, 7th out of 9?)
We would probably see such a tax shot down on unconstitionality. Certainly people would scream if just all movies were taxed and not all other forms of expression, or just all books.
And isn't there a law against using taxation power as a means of censorship? (Which is what stops a 5 million percent tax on pornography for example)
Well we can't if this tax is going to be used as censorship because we don't know a. An approximate rate for the tax (i.e. whether it be a 1% tax or 30% tax) or b. whther or not this will only apply to violent or sexually explicit video games.
I would say whichever rate goes onto the tax, and whether it's just on violent/explicit games or on all games, if it is JUST on games, it should be found as un-Constitutional. You can tax cigarettes like this, but cigarettes aren't speech. You can't just tax one form of speech that you don't like.
you dont know the half of it...diceman82July 22 2006, 06:12:33 UTC
if they can pass a 10% tax on strippers in utah,a tax on 54 card decks of playing cards(additional to standard sales tax)in alabama , a tax for selling drungs in NC,sparkler extra tax in west vergina >.>,or my personal favorite extra taxes on soda fountain drinks in chicago.
unconstitionality? nothing in the constitution really applies well to this sorta thing sure you can fight them but most of the time it takes more effort to kill a tax law than the total amount of taxes for that law collected in a year.
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Grrrrr....
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(For the record, I'm what most Americans would call far-left too, and absolutely despise Hillary. But my opinions are seldom in line with the mainstream party's. My vote in the '04 primaries was Kucinich -- and he came in, what, 7th out of 9?)
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Sadly, he's not electable at that level.
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And isn't there a law against using taxation power as a means of censorship? (Which is what stops a 5 million percent tax on pornography for example)
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a. An approximate rate for the tax (i.e. whether it be a 1% tax or 30% tax)
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b. whther or not this will only apply to violent or sexually explicit video games.
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I would say whichever rate goes onto the tax, and whether it's just on violent/explicit games or on all games, if it is JUST on games, it should be found as un-Constitutional. You can tax cigarettes like this, but cigarettes aren't speech. You can't just tax one form of speech that you don't like.
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unconstitionality? nothing in the constitution really applies well to this sorta thing sure you can fight them but most of the time it takes more effort to kill a tax law than the total amount of taxes for that law collected in a year.
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