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aGameOfThrones
02-27-2014, 01:34 AM
In another example of the government picking winners and losers, the House Ways and Means Committee, in its long-awaited tax reform bill, singles out violent video game makers for tax increases.

On page 19 of the executive summary, the committee mentions an improved and permanent research and development tax credit, which has benefitted countless industries from manufacturers to software creators to food producers.

The summary advocates for “an improved, permanent R&D tax credit, finally giving American manufacturers the certainty they need to compete against their foreign competition who have long had permanent R&D incentives."

Well, unless they make violent video games.

Despite the promise of an improved R&D tax credit, the bill – on page 24 – removes that tax credit from the violent video game industry, under a section about closing loopholes.

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One of the plan's provisions: “Preventing makers of violent video games from qualifying for the R&D tax credit."

This is funny, given the fact that on the very next page the summary says the bill “stops the practice of using the tax code to pick winners and losers based on political power rather than economic merit.”

How is letting every industry except the violent video game industry keep the R&D tax credit not picking winners and losers?



http://washingtonexaminer.com/gop-tax-plan-singles-out-violent-video-game-makers/article/2544733

Spikender
02-27-2014, 03:06 AM
Of course, this is all capitalism's doing.

Sorry, just had to put that out there, I've been seeing that ad nauseam for the past few days all over the Internet.

Regardless, it doesn't surprise me they're still going after violent video games, though it does surprise me a little; after all, violent video games have done a lot to pacify and distract the people, you'd think they'd want to reward them.

Oh well, guess they know the industry is doing well and they don't want to lose that cheddar.

Snew
02-27-2014, 08:17 AM
Yet they have no hesitation starting wars left and right. Okay then.

unknown
02-27-2014, 11:02 AM
Yet they have no hesitation starting wars left and right. Okay then.

Isnt that the main point?

They want to blame movies and games, make believe stuff. Yah there are going to be some susceptible to it (but they've got problems to begin with).

The main issue is government's glorification of real life violence: endless war-fare, a global military empire, pre-emptive wars of aggression, the glorification of trained killers, torture...

Not to mention the increased militarization and violence by police.

Lead by example.

pcosmar
02-27-2014, 11:14 AM
Violent video games?

Define violent.

http://auntheather.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/PacMan-Game-Aunt-Heather-Piper.gif

http://www.portablefreeware.com/screenshots/scrstpqwR.gif

I mean,, anything beyond Pong and Solitaire is somewhat violent.

Cabal
02-27-2014, 11:20 AM
"Violence: acceptable in all other media, policy, governance, and statist ethical philosophy but somehow a problem in video games" -- GOP

TaftFan
02-27-2014, 03:26 PM
Good. We should remove tax credits and flatten the code.