According to recent legislation introduced by Rep. Robert Nardolillo III, R-Coventry, a tax on video games rated mature or higher would be implemented in order to increase mental health and counseling resources in schools.
The tax, which would be an additional 10-percent sales tax to video games sold in Rhode Island with a rating of “M” or higher, is an effort by Nardolillo to counteract the supposed “aggression” that games of a mature nature may cause. “There is evidence that...