BOHICA: The Government Eyes MMORPGs as New Source of Taxes
Here's the word. Get ready for taxes, the ultimate virus, to attack stuff like Second Life.
Wonderful.
I would feel much better about this if the government actually knew what the hell it was doing with the money it already collects instead of trying to find more.
And for those of you who think this is reasonable, then you're obviously not being taxed enough. Feel free to donate the amount that will make you feel better about yourselves. I'm sure a call to any government agency, local or federal, will get you all the info you need about how to make a donation that will soothe your aching conscience.
Just leave the rest of us the fuck out of it.
P.S. Although this commenter on Digg where I found the article, may actually have the right of it.
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I'm a little confused, why are the players converting virtual dollars to real ones in the first place? I thought it was just a game?
There are people who work Second Life full-time as a real job, creating SL items for people who don't have the skill to. So, yeah, it's beyond a game.
So, it is a job (with income) for these people? So how come they shouldn't pay income tax? Don't get me wrong, I don't want to pay anymore taxes than I do already, I'm just not sure where you've drawn the line.
Jones: I look at it this way–the government is getting X right now. They are currently using X and giving themselves raises, spending money on stupid shit like public works that they name after themselves (Robert Byrd), and building bridges to nowhere (Ted Stevens). Where else but government do you have people with a proven track record of mismanaging billions of dollars and you reward them with…MORE money? Until they can prove they can manage X, they can't get X+1.