Rhode Island bill would tax violent video games to pay for mental-health counseling in schools

[TexasTowelie]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rep. Robert Nardolillo III, R–Coventry, will introduce legislation to increase mental health and counseling resources in schools by implementing a tax on video games rated mature or higher.

“There is evidence that children exposed to violent video games at a young age tend to act more aggressively than those who are not,” Nardolillo said in a statement. “This bill would give schools the additional resources needed to help students deal with that aggression in a positive way.”

Because states cannot ban the sale of certain video games to minors, Nardolillo’s proposal would allocate money to counteract the aggression they may cause. The legislation would levy an additional 10-percent sales tax to video games sold in Rhode Island with a rating of “M” or higher.

Revenue generated by this tax would then be placed in a special account for school districts to use to pay for counseling, mental health programs, and other conflict-resolution activities.

Read more: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180221/ri-bill-would-tax-violent-video-games-to-pay-for-mental-health-counseling-in-schools

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Seems like a very poor way of generating consistent revenues to pay for this ...

ongoing need of mental health services by our schools. Instead, why not tax guns and other weapons of choice? Seems like guns and the like are always going to be popular, thus, should be used somewhat to pay for the anticipated damages these weapons, when used unfortunately in the future by nefarious personal, will cause.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Shouldnt guns and ammo be taxed for that?

[Afromania]

3. shhhhh, that would be too much like right.

[tymorial]

4. Um no there isn't

And regardless, one can simply drive over the boarder in less than an hour.