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Rumor: Hillary Clinton preps for video game tax

Brian Crecente of the Rocky Mountain News and Kotaku* is claiming that a reliable source that Senator Hillary Clinton is getting ready to advocate a tax to video games, much like cigarettes have their own special tax. Furthermore, Clinton is seeking out concerned parents who feel passionately enough about violent games to come and speak at fundraising events press conferences. We are confident that both sides -- the pro-tax and anti-gamers -- will be represented.

It would not be the first time that a game tax has been proposed (nor the first time that games have been compared to smoking), but Senator Clinton, likely a candidate for the 2008 presidential election, is gearing up to make this her punching bag for the next few years. Are you a registered voter?

While not confirmed, Crecente is a respected blogger and we trust that he is not just pulling this one out of thin air. Game Politics has more discussion on the subject.

* Kotaku was at war with Joystiq: Kotaku had always been at war with Joystiq.

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