"Injured people start dying at the time of injury." - The World Health Organization The use of violence causes injury. It commences death. It is incomplete murder. So, the tax on violence revenue shall be greater than the tax on alcohol or tobacco use.

Anyone who uses violence needs to restore the victim. Until restitution is complete, the burden compounds.

1. They are offenders. First, they lie to you. Some depict violence without punishment. Truth is, violence always carries a price. Some lie, saying that people deserve violence. People deserve education, not violence. Even rapists do not deserve to be raped. There is usually a better way to educate them. Another lie is that violence confers power. Truth is, the power to destroy is futile. The power to create is useful. Another lie is that violence is the only way to get justice. Violence only causes further injustice. Justice happens through restoration. Some lie, saying that violence is part of relationships. Violence destroys healthy relationships. Another lie is that violence use is normal. Violence use is only normal for predatory animals and molding inanimate objects. Normal people do not use violence against people.

Violence pushers deceive vulnerable viewers. Even a one-time exposure coerces the vulnerable. This coercion causes psychological damage. So, it directly harms some viewers. Then, the coerced spread the lies to others. So, some people think violence use is normal. They think violence does not require punishment. They act on that belief, and harm people.

Violence pushers try to influence government officials. They push the use of violence rather than diplomacy. They say it is okay to oppress people. They push the use of violent weapons. They use sales tactics. They exploit officials who fall for their advertising.

Also, the violence producers take your money to feed you those lies. That harms the finances of the vulnerable. They call you a fool, that way.

2. They train offenders. Some actors portray violence. They are using violence to make money. They go through the motions of violence. So, they are training themselves to be violent.

If they are professionals, they can control themselves. However, they expose the audience to the training. Viewers see how violence is used. So, viewers see how to use violence.

Repeated exposure encourages vulnerable viewers to try violence. It programs the viewer's mind. That way, many viewers accept violence as an option.

Violence pushers depict a situation that contains tension. Then, they display how actors use violence to get relief. Then, some present the viewer with a tense situation. This is a set up. They may use music, pictures and words to build the tension. Some viewers try violence to get relief.

Some violence pushers show violence as the only means of justice. They set the audience up for desperate action.

Violence pushers inject violence into normal relationships. Vulnerable viewers learn to associate violence with relationships. Some think it is normal to use violence in relationships. That increases the risk of interpersonal violence. It may result in domestic violence. That breaks up the family unit.

3. They try to profit from violence. They display that people can profit from putting violence into the world. Some users take their turn. They try to profit from attacking innocent people. They use violence to get what they want. They believe they will not have to pay. Then, they learn that they do have to pay. Then, they sue the violence producers. They lose.

Carnivorous animals need violence to sustain them. No other creature needs to use violence against people or animals. Violence use is oppressive. It wastes resources. It leaves a mess for society to clean up.

4. They enable addicts to remain sick. They set the example that it is okay to enable addicts. Regular use of violence promotes addiction to violence. Society allows violence producers to sell violence products. Society allows violence addicts and the vulnerable to buy as much as they want.

Violence users need to pay the consequences. They are sick. The wiring in their brains is a hazard. Their hearts do not function correctly. Their consciences are atrophied. Their hormones are in a cancerous state. They need to make reparations. They need to educate the addicts they enable. They need to restore the victims of those addicts. They need to repay the ultimate victims of their profiteering.

Violence producers bring violence into the world. They may produce violent movies/games/books/songs/words/sounds/media/procedures or provide the means of delivering violent services. They may lace violence products with morals. So, they attract the violence addict using violent scenes. They provide enough violence to stimulate the addictive process. Then, they insert a message of morality. Those of us watching might see some redeeming value. However, violence addicts are incapable of perceiving the message. Their stimulated hormones are louder than the message. The violence producer can argue that their product has redeeming value. A violence addict in recovery can tell if the redemption is effective.
Violence providers deliver violence or violent services.
Violence pushers advertise violence to potential users.
A violence product:
1. contains any trace of violence, without redeeming value. Example: cops and robbers portrayed as a game. Or,
2. depicts violence without punishment. Example: virtual child pornography.
An anti-violence product contains redeeming value. Example: self-defense video.
Redeeming value requires:
1. depiction of the pain, punishment, penance or other adverse effect of the use of violence.
2. a constant message that the violence is in error, unethical, inappropriate, criminal or harmful. And,
3. emphasis on the immorality, unsuitability, crime, harm and error of the violence.
Emphasis means most of the content (most of the visual plus most of the auditory content, if applicable).
Violence means invasive force or coercion.
Violence addiction is the frequent desire to view, listen to, feel, or commit violence.
The litmus test: Does the product or service support or condemn the use of violence? Does it promote intoxication or sobriety in the user? Most commodities are clear on the issue of violence. Those that aren't may litigate.

ELEMENTS OF THE LEGISLATION

WHAT: Local and municipal codes: Violence products shall be taxed at a rate that exceeds the tax on alcohol. Many movies, games and videos are rated for violence content. All of these ticket sales and product sales/rentals are subject to this tax (the Tax).

State law, statute: Every violence product for sale to a consumer shall be subject to the Tax. The Tax collected each year must cover violence victim losses. The Tax may be increased to cover violence victim losses. The Tax does not include the usual sales tax.

Federal law, code: Every violence producer shall pay percentage of income tax at a rate that exceeds the tax on alcoholic beverages. The Tax collected each year must cover violence victim losses. The violence user must continue to pay FICA, disability and other taxes. Itemized deductions do not apply. So, one cannot justify producing violence by controlling the purse that doles out charity.

WHEN: Local and municipal codes: Many movies, games and videos are rated for violence content. That rating requires the box office or store clerk to handle that violence product with care. During such a process, the number of violence rated items consumed is inventoried. The box office or store is subject to inspection or audit. At such times, the inspector calculates the amount of Tax expected.

State law, code or statute: (demand side economics; handled by the local revenue office or the SFTB). Upon sale of each violence product, the consumer (or representative) shall pay the Tax. The Tax shall be collected by the box-office, sales representative, credit card agency or store clerk at the point of sale. The collector shall hold and transfer the Tax as a separate line item to the State Franchise Tax Board (SFTB) along with the sales tax.

Federal law, code: (supply side economics; handled by the IRS) Upon reporting income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The seller of violence products shall pay the Tax as a separate line item of income tax. The interpersonal violence user shall pay 100% of revenue when income tax is due.

WHERE: Immediately upon receipt, the local revenue office, SFTB or IRS shall transfer the Tax directly to the (strike through the inappropriate choice)
Veterans Administration
Social Security Administration
(the Administration). There, the Tax shall be placed immediately into the (strike through the inappropriate choices)
Healing Fund
Violence Tax Fund
Restitution Fund
Restoration Fund
Restitution from Violence Fund
Restorative Justice Fund
Justice Restoration Fund
Justice Fund
(the Fund).

HOW: The Administration shall administer the Fund in the same manner as disability benefits. All of the Fund shall immediately go directly to the victims of violent crimes. The Administration shall deliver these restitution checks as it does disability checks.

Administrative salaries cover the administration of disability benefits to civilians and veterans of foreign wars. So, the social workers shall continue to be paid through these Administration funds.

Each victim shall receive the amount prescribed by the Department of Justice. The losses restituted by the Fund shall equal the averages published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics for pertinent categories of violence.

The Fund shall be disbursed on a first come, first served basis. Disability recipients who are eligible for the Fund shall be automatically restituted through the Fund. They shall be asked for any supplementary information needed to ascertain the amount of restitution. The victim may claim only the personal losses accrued over the present lifetime.

WHO: Local, municipal and state law, code or statute: (handled by the local revenue office or the SFTB). The payers shall be the violence users. They include all entities that use violence products.

Federal law, code: (handled by the IRS) The payers shall be all entities that produce violence. They include all violence producers, providers and pushers.

The restitution recipients shall be the US citizens victimized and disenfranchised by violent crime in the USA.

SAVINGS FOR THE TAXPAYER: The Fund will replace disability benefits for eligible restitution recipients. That restores Social Security disability and retirement funds.

There were 5,744,000 victims of violent crimes per year in the USA in 2001.* Many victims of violent crime need the Fund to overcome disability. If they are eligible for the Fund, they will stop receiving disability benefits. So, taxpayers may save billions of dollars for Social Security benefits.
Suppose all U.S. rape victims are challenged by authority figure violence. Then, each is eligible for about $8,000 per year from the SSA, or about $24,000 from the VA. Suppose none could get a court to prosecute. So, they will automatically be eligible for restitution through the Fund. Suppose the half-million yearly rape victims receive funds only from the SSA. Then, taxpayers would save this $4 billion per year for Social Security.

Also, the taxpayer saves the interest on the $400 billion public loan, as described next.

RESTORATION OF THE ECONOMY: The federal deficit is about $400 billion. Actually, about $397 billion per year* is missing from the Gross National Product. According to the Department of Justice, violent criminals stole it. The Tax will collect these stolen funds directly from violent criminals and other violence supporters.

This $400 billion per year will be returned to the Gross National Product. It will be restored through spending by Fund recipients. Thus, it will be spent on health care, families, homes, careers and related items. It will help recover these items which were lost due to the violence. Thus, there will be an increase in job opportunities in most peaceful sectors of the economy.

About 10% of the Fund will become sales tax during this spending. This is a $40 billion per year increase in local and state government revenue.

There will be a large increase in job opportunities for caregivers for the challenged. The number of challenged Americans will decrease as victims regain stolen aspects of life. Violent crime will decrease as targets of violence find safe homes affordable. Faith in the justice system will be restored as this means of social justice is implemented. The restoration will save banks from the burden of America's fiscal irresponsibility.

Examples: This publication contains mention of violence in order to prevent it from happening to you. Thus, it has redeeming value. So, a reading or copy of it would not be taxed above 10%, if sold. However, a reading of a shoot-em-up movie would be taxed at about 40%. So would a copy of a magazine article simply describing examples of child pornography.

Public Service Announcement: (circle the most Important sentences; cross out the unsuitable; add some)
Society pays for violent crimes. We pay four hundred billion dollars per year in lost revenue. Child pornography and snuff porn are sold on the black market. We cannot tax them. We can tax other violence products, like virtual child pornography. They, too, offend innocent Americans. They link violence with relationships. They train offenders. They profit from violence. They set a poor example. They leave poverty in their wake. They depict violence without punishment. That pushes the myth that crime pays. Someone has to pay for violent crime. Let it be those who like violence. Violence producers must pay for bringing violence into the world. Those who use violence must pay the consequences. We propose a tax on violence products. The tax goes straight to the victims of violent crimes. It takes them off disability. So, the rest of the challenged can keep full benefits. All of this comes at no cost to you, the peaceful taxpayer.