[OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn
On Sunday 09 August 2015 11:50:48 Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400
> Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Renaud,
>
> >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries
> >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy, and
> >replaced it with a single check box on the income tax form...
>
> Because it's not a tax.
In effect, it is an apothecated tax. But we are reluctant to acknowledge
that.
> The money doesn't go to the govt, it goes to
> the BBC. License revenue is still 40% (IIRC) of their revenue.
78% in 14/15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom
The money that the BBC did get from the government has been withdrawn, but
free licences are to continue, so that there is the beginning of a movement
among the elderly for the abolition of the free licences.
As I said, a minefield with tremendous political sensitivity and controversy.
Lisi
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