The UN wants to put taxes on video games to help the poor

[jdnation]

I don't mind paying a bit extra to help the poor, but I don't trust the UN or any governments these days. Donating to legitimate religious charities is a far better option! At least they are also the ones out there doing any actual thing with the people that we need to help rather than government suits in their cushy offices!

[Accordion]

Here a nice plan:

Force America to pay up the Slave Trade Debt back to the poor in installments [for those that dont know, the USA owes the British Empire an extremely large amount of debt for slave trade that was happily forgotten due to morality issues.]

End all exploratory schemes, NASA etc. [stop trying escape]

Stop the USA from developing so many weapons…

yes there is corruption, but it is everywhere and there is enough profit in this "western" world to fix it

[Veskgar]

Want to help the poor? Stop over-populating the planet. Almost 7 billion people here already and we barely have enough resources as it is. Our oceans are being over-fished, rain forests annihilated, land over-developed, etc. Also, pollution is getting so bad its causing changes in the Earth's climate that will further decrease habitable land.

Also, its interesting to point out that the worlds wealth is concentrated to just 2% of the population. The other 98% of us on the planet are either poor or hard working middle class having to save up for months on end just to get a PS3. Do we need more taxes to make that 2% richer? I think not...

Its a sham, like many others. I'm sick of how wasteful humans are and the problem with immigration and people having like 6 kids.

In the United States the population is predicted to rise by 50% to about 450,000,000 from today's 300,000,000. Largely attributed to immigration. Where the hell are we going to put them all? Humans are getting more densely packed all the time causing rising crime levels, putting a strain on local communities, and lowering the quality of life for many people.

Simply put, most people figure they won't be around in 50 or 100 years so why should they care. Its that sort of selfish, irresponsible greed that could ultimately lead to our downfall.

Stop the USA from developing so many weapons…

Yeah, cause if we stop improving our military capabilities other countries will follow probably.... right? Maybe its best to give Iran, China, or Russia all the weapons instead. The USA, while nowhere near perfect is still the most generous country in the world when it comes to charities and international aide. Not to mention technological, biotech, and medical breakthrough's. And if we want to fight a few small wars to prevent or delay another WWI or WWII the world is a better place because of that. Even if you could magically *POOF* make all weapons in the world vanish, do you think us humans would get along with each other better? There have always been wars and as long as man exists there will always be wars. Its just a matter of deciding who you want fighting and winning them.

I am from the USA but I do want to give my support and thanks to the British people and their military for their brave efforts and sacrifice in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other areas where the world needs some cleaning up.

Damn I guess ima have to start selling drugs to afford my games....

What a stupid comment. And that kids, is why gamers are labeled negative stereotypes.

[Joe88]

put more taxes on cigarettes
thats always work ...

[pibs]

Damn I guess ima have to start selling drugs to afford my games....

[mcdougall57]

nicely summed up veskgar , some good info there

[pibs]

What a stupid comment. And that kids, is why gamers are labeled negative stereotypes.

wow you really got me there you should be working for the ESRB and help all games get that E rating so the world will have less drug dealers!

and the negative stereotypes come from the media last time I checked so you need to chill.

[digitalhijinx]

I can see the dialogue that took place in that meeting, "Okay Okay we need money right? Well gamers they have the most money right? We'll lets slap a tax on their games! We'll take an industry that is already is rife with pirating from the ridiculously high cost, and increase the pirates desire to steal! ITS BRILLIANT! This way everyone loses!"

[Shadowblind]

What a stupid comment. And that kids, is why gamers are labeled negative stereotypes.

No its not. Even the UN can easily see the sarcasm in his comment.

[Gilrad]

For everybody complaining in countries with reasonably priced video games... Grow up a little? Fact is, video games aren't necessary to live, food and rent bills are. The entertainment industry is an excellent place to target such bills (though I suspect the movie industry might be a little too big; they might not be so easy to tax for political reasons).

Of course, it DOES reach a little too low for what it's trying to do, but again for political reasons, I imagine a more top-down strategy is near impossible.