Rep Diane Franklin, a Republican for the State of Missouri, has proposed a 1% tax on violent video games, said proceeds to be deposited in the state general revenue fund and appropriated solely for the treatment of mental health conditions associated with exposure to violent video games.
Let’s take a look at this little tax, which is being harped through the mainstream as a good idea. Our 1st Amendment right to look at, read, or play with any information is as absolute as our right to speak out. It is inalienable and of course, like the rest of our rights, has already been infringed upon from many angles. The proposal is for a penalty for those who would play with what the communist government identifies as a bad game. Is this not an attempt to compel government dictated behavior through a system of rewards and punishments? If you do as the government says, you are unaffected. If you do not, you are penalized.
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