Sunday, September 19, 2010

"Video games in Congress' crosshairs"

Source:http://news.cnet.com/Video-games-in-Congress-crosshairs/2100-1028_3-6079654.html

Article 2, Section 8, Clause 1
" Taxing. The congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes..."

There is a law that Hillary Clinton and Joseph Lieberman are trying to pass that say M rated, adult rated, violent, and sexually explicit games can not be sold to anyone under the age of 18. The bill also says that if you are caught buying M and Adult rated games for anyone under 17 will have to do 100 hours of community service,  pay a fine, or have to do both depending on how many times this has happened. There will also be higher taxes on all games that are rated M and Adult.The ESRB and the ESA plan to testify against this bill if it passes.

I do not like or agree with this bill because over two thirds of games that come out have this rating. I also do not like this because most of my games are rated M because of violence. The higher taxes will also keep a lot of games from being sold since most cost $50 and up when you go to buy them.

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