Just the other day we were telling you about howWisconsin wanted to add a taxon videogames. Now, thanks toGamePolitics, we’re hearing that New Mexico wants to jump on this bandwagon. Videogames aren’t the only target of this new tax though. TV sets will also be targeted in this 1% sales tax proposal:
“We believe it is such a nominal tax that consumers won’t feel it too much, especially if they are educated about where that money goes,” said Michael Casaus
So who’s to blame for all of this? Hippies. Or rather, The Environmental Alliance of New Mexico and the Sierra Club. They believe that this would raise about $4 million a year and it would go to funding programs for school kids for outdoor education.
So let me get this straight, they want to tax videogames and TVs so they can get money to do what essentially is the parents job? Last time I checked, it’s ultimately the parents responsibility to monitor what their kids are doing and delegate how much a child should spend his time doing various activities. What they’re trying to do is tax the parents (who ultimately are the people who buy the products) so they can do the parents job for them.
I thinkBatmengneeds to step in and save the day. What do you all think?
[Thanks, Bleach! — Everytime I think of New Mexico, I think of theshirt from BustedTees.]
