From a Ypulse tipster:

I saw this on Virtual Worlds News and had to send it to you with a comment ... The Sierra Club -- a group dedicated to environmentalism and preservation -- has proposed that a tax be levied against kids who choose video games or computers rather than venturing out-of-doors. The tax, also being referred to as "No Child Left Inside," would ostensibly encourage kids to get up off of their fat, lazy back-ends and hit the trails, mountains, and waterways of our nation's parks and other natural treasures by further taxing video games and TVs. Recent studies have shown links to obesity, lowered academic scores, and the rise of attention-deficit disorder in America's kids to increased time spent indoors...

The tipster comments: They need to start with security and child abductions. That is why parents don't let there kids go out when they are young.

The fear around child abductions definitely outweighs the reality of how often they actually happen and is much greater than when I was a kid growing up in the suburbs...If the tipster could send the link to the article, I'll link it up! Update: I couldn't find the Virtual Worlds News article but I did find this post about the tax on GamePolitics.com.

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