NM wants extra tax on video games Options

[Spectatrix]

And game consoles and tvs. They're calling the bill the "Leave No Child Inside Act". I fucking hate sin taxes!

http://tech.msn.com/news/articlecnet.aspx?...8&GT1=10938

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Feb 18 2008, 02:38 PM

[Epic]

actually i could get behind this, IF they showed how the tax money would be going toward things to encourage children to actually be more active outside in a way that video games can't provide (i.e., don't have a dance when a kid can play ddr)

but then again I also support a tax on high fructose corn syrup.

[Testm0nkey]

totally agree with Epic

[jwttu]

ya if they tax then they need to put the money towards healthier/good tasting food in schools, and getting more PE teachers to the schools. A tax in itself won't do much.

[The Fanatic]

Amen, the first step is to get corporate vendors like Coca Cola and Frito Lay out of our school cafeterias...

[FORSAKENR320]

FUCK THAT

if i wanna be fat then it's my damn right to be fat. i got myself there, i don't need some granola eating hippy to tell me i can't have a 72 oz steak deep fried with a side of cheese and bacon sculpted into the shape of a greasy buddha.

the problem lies in these fat fucks not taking responsibility for their own actions, and don't give me any of that psycho-babble. we are all responsible for our own successes and our own failures. we made those decisions to have the extra large fries because we wanted to.

stfu you asshole and take my damn order, supersize my god damn fries before i deep fry your face!

[Epic]

i agree that its your right Brandon, but personally i view HFCS on par with cigarettes, in that I feel it is responsible for a lot of deaths and cases of diabetes. Watching kids chug a 3 liter of soda at dinner, and finding it in pasta sauce even make me pissed.

really, i want to tax HFCS so that manufacturers are enticed to go back to using sugar, because that's something our body can actually process.

[blaarg]

FUCK THAT

if i wanna be fat then it's my damn right to be fat. i got myself there, i don't need some granola eating hippy to tell me i can't have a 72 oz steak deep fried with a side of cheese and bacon sculpted into the shape of a greasy buddha.

the problem lies in these fat fucks not taking responsibility for their own actions, and don't give me any of that psycho-babble. we are all responsible for our own successes and our own failures. we made those decisions to have the extra large fries because we wanted to.

stfu you asshole and take my damn order, supersize my god damn fries before i deep fry your face!

the profanity ladened voice of reason.
I agree 100% with this. The government should not put restrictions on this shit (regardless of how bad it is). The individual makes the choice and deserves to live with the consequences. They just want restrictions so you can live longer and pay more taxes...

i agree that its your right Brandon, but personally i view HFCS on par with cigarettes, in that I feel it is responsible for a lot of deaths and cases of diabetes.

I don't think it is anywhere near the same thing as cigarettes because of the 2nd hand risks. There is no 2nd hand risks of being next to a guy stuffing his face with food drenched in HFCS. If cigarettes only affected the person smoking, then I would be all about no restrictions on them.

[Spectatrix]

For HFCS, I would support better labeling requirements, but not taxing it. I too am a bit fed up with its prevalence in American foodstuffs. I'm kinda confused as to why low-fat versions of condiments all have HFCS when the normal versions have regular ol' sugar.

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Feb 19 2008, 08:55 AM

[Dogmeat]

we need to ban fat children. This will lower the adult obesity rate in the country.

[impala454]

Yeah because taxing the shit outta things makes people stop using them... *cough* cigarettes *cough*

[THECHICKEN]

Lets tax people for sleeping... when you sleep your matabolism slows down and you burn less fat.

I hate how everything is blamed except for personal responsibility. Taxing is always thrown out there as a solution, when all it does in reality is take money away.... and thats it.

Heres the question, if by buying that video game console and losing $20, you can't buy a football for that kid to go outside... which do you think will be done? Will the parent NOT buy the console and hear the bitching, so they can get the football, or would a normal american parent pay that 20 dollars more and get the game console?

Make kids take extracuriculars...

[Epic]

i realize that i'm actually arguing two different points.

but really, i am just sick of seeing HCFS on everything, so I support a tax that would make it cheaper to use regular sugar. And with cigarettes, there has been legislation before to try to lessen the tax on cigarettes that are lower in chemicals. And people are smoking less I imagine Chuck, because every cigarette is costing them about a quarter so they can't afford to smoke as much!

That's why my dad has been growing his own tobacco and rolling his own cigarettes for years.

[Spectatrix]

Nah, a tax isn't the way to get rid of HFCS. The *obvious* solution is to write a diet book based around cutting HFCS out of your diet and make it popular. I guarantee you food manufacturers will be churning out HFCS-free items hand over foot!

[The Fanatic]

Well, the higher tax on cigs essentially made me quit so I think a tax can work.