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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Oklahoma violent games tax defeated in House.

    The Oklahoma bill proposing a 1% sales tax increase on violent video games has been defeated in a House subcommittee. It was followed quickly by the proposal of a task force on video games, obesity, and aggression -- but the task force was also voted down
    Feb 23, 2012 5:45pm PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Oklahoma violent games tax defeated in House.

    The Oklahoma bill proposing a 1% sales tax increase on violent video games has been defeated in a House subcommittee. It was followed quickly by the proposal of a task force on video games, obesity, and aggression -- but the task force was also voted down : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      I don't understand, we have people in the state legislature that aren't complete morons? I'm actually ... : ArcKnight
      • I'm so confused, I just assumed everyone in my state and local government was at best functionally retard... : deject
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        I am actually kind of surprised that bills like this still exist. The supreme court recently ruled that v... : TheEmissary
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          I don't think you understand this bill. It wasn't to ban violent video games at all, strictly to tax them... : ArcKnight
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            You can't just tax one form of protected speech with out doing it to the other forms as well. What would ... : TheEmissary
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              I know people that think about this the wrong way. They think it would be a vice tax, like we add to cig... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
              • That was precisely what I thought it was. : ArcKnight
          • The tax was based upon the content of first amendment protected speech. Prohibition is not the requireme... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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            Well damn, I just had some knowledge dispensed all over my face. : ArcKnight
            • lol : TaggartThis person is cool!
        • Wait, you're surprised that people in government would try to pass possibly illegal, definitely stupid le... : Herman Toothrot