keithl (11/12/82)
Taxing videogames?
<FLAME ON> ...another goddam libertarian...oh well...
We like space exploration. Video game players like video games. Why
should we tax their hobby, and they not tax ours? I.E., all future shuttle
flights devoted to zero-g fabrication of high speed video game components.
Sounds silly, doesn't it?
...but, I hear you reply, space is GOOD for us, and benefits everyone...
Well then, if space benefits everyone, why not tax everyone by getting the
money from the general fund? Perhaps space is wonderful enough to force at
gunpoint the folks at Thiokol to work overtime building SRB's, or lock people
into the Rockwell plant until they build a fifth shuttle. Why pick on video
game players?
Taxation is for generally agreed upon social goals, and I'm afraid we space
freaks have done a poor job of convincing taxpayers and congresscritters that
space exploration is a worthy goal. I suggest that those who want more
taxation for space exploration start convincing other people likewise, or get
up the money to pay for it themselves. Perhaps by building and operating
video games and donating the profits to NASA.
Afraid to waste quarters in video games, but demanding the freedom to;
Keith Lofstrom
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