Should video gamers be taxed for playing too much Guitar Hero or bowling on their Nintendo Wii?
Some lawmakers in New Mexico apparently think so, and they’ve introduced a new tax to encourage you to put down your controller and go outside. The New Mexico legislature has introduced a new tax measure, HB583, that would force consumers to pay a 1 percent excise tax on purchases of video games, gaming consoles, and TVs. The revenue generated from the game and TV tax would be used to fund a new state educational effort aimed at getting kids out of the house more. True to the aim of the measure, they have even given the bill the creative title, “The Leave No Child Inside Act.” Specifically, the new fund would empower officials at the New Mexico states parks division and public education department to do the following: Develop curriculum-based programs for teachers to use on public lands and at other outdoor learning sites for outdoor education initiatives; Develop hands-on teaching materials for children for use in outdoor education programs; Provide transportation for children to expe
