Senator Wants Tax On Video Games

Madison (WI) - A Senator from Wisconsin wants to mandate an extra tax on video games because he claims they are linked to juvenile crime.

Jon Erpenbach, who sits on the Wisconsin State Senate, has proposed a bill that would add an additional one percent sales tax specifically to video and computer games. The additional money would be earmarked to funding the juvenile detention system.

Erpenbach received some backlash for the plan, but is not giving up. He did, however, comment that if this is not the best way to achieve his goal, "I'm open to any other way."

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  • I have a feeling that he is a DEMORAT, pfffff.
    I care less whats "better" for the criminals, how about whats better for General Population of hard working and law obaying people? I'm sick and tyered of the whole "criminals are true victims" attitude and welfare system that we have to pay trough our nose that is being used for everybody but people that deserve it.
    A lot of things that those "teenagers" are doing is deserving of the "adult" stamp so why stop with criminal behavior?
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