RUMOUR: Clinton planning federal tax on games?

[tomato]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=24826791&sid=6154476

"Clinton apparently means individuals willing to be a "concerned parent" at a press conference. Naturally, the parents will be "concerned" about the hazards games present to their children. According to Kotaku, they should also be willing to voice their concerns to the press to help sway public opinion in favor of a new measure Clinton reportedly wants to introduce--a federal game tax akin to taxes states levy on cigarettes. Proceeds from the tax would fund a program for troubled minors."

Keep in mind that it's just a rumour....

[Kasrkin Guard]

Keep in mind that it's just a rumour....

And all will agree it should stay a rumor. :twisted:

[Kougar]

And all will agree it should stay a rumor. :twisted:

Definitely... I think any sort of tax on games is absurd, for so many different reasons... :???:

[tomato]

Not to mention having to pay a video game tax on top of any other taxes! We Canadians pay Provincial as well as Federal taxes on most things... I couldn't take yet another tax :(

[Kougar]

You think that is bad? If I understand it right, in the states you pay a county, city, state, and federal taxes. Depending on the state, city, and county all the numbers change... Most of the first three are bundled into the sales tax though, and it also depends on what is being bought. I'd need to take a tax accounting class to figure it out... :roll:

[tomato]

Holy crap, I did not know that! I thought we Canadians were getting ripped off, it turns out Americans are getting gouged just as bad and worse!

[GIBSON]

I won't bother to tell what we all have to pay to taxes here in belgium, it's certainly not better than over at you guys.

[Kougar]

Well, I guess I might have made it sound worse than it is... locally at least Sales Tax amounts to just under 9% of a purchase price, and it doesn't always apply such as for some food. But while Dr. Pepper (Soda) is food in my book, it still falls under Sales Tax. That tax rate varies per state and even per city though.

Most states have their own Property Tax (Land/House) as well, which in some cases is downright absurd but I can't speak from experience on that... yet. ;)

Honestly it sounded to me like the UK has it worse than here, with VAT tax and whatever else :???: But I will say one thing... at least in Great Britain, all tax is already included on the price labels for everything, by law! In the US stores still don't do this because once they include all taxes on the price tag, they think it'll drive customers away... sad thing is it probably would too, even though it's the true price they pay anyway. :roll:

[GIBSON]

Well, I guess I might have made it sound worse than it is... locally at least Sales Tax amounts to just under 9% of a purchase price, and it doesn't always apply such as for some food. But while Dr. Pepper (Soda) is food in my book, it still falls under Sales Tax. That tax rate varies per state and even per city though.

Most states have their own Property Tax (Land/House) as well, which in some cases is downright absurd but I can't speak from experience on that... yet. ;)

Honestly it sounded to me like the UK has it worse than here, with VAT tax and whatever else :???: But I will say one thing... at least in Great Britain, all tax is already included on the price labels for everything, by law! In the US stores still don't do this because once they include all taxes on the price tag, they think it'll drive customers away... sad thing is it probably would too, even though it's the true price they pay anyway. :roll:
We have something similar to VAT, and more expensive. Over here in belgium it's called BTW. It's a 21% tax on everything you can buy. There are tens of other taxes belgians have to pay (even really absurd ones).