Reply To: The TV License. Can it be justified?
My objection to the TV Licence in principle is that 1) It is a tax on TV ownership whose proceeds are used exclusively to fund the BBC, regardless of how much or how little we access it’s services –...
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JAMC wrote: Leaving aside the subjective “my channel is better than your channel!” arguments for another time and place, I would simply say this; The core mission of the publicly funded and publicly...
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Tom Sawyer wrote: Of course, you could argue that we all pay for services that we do not necessarily use or even agree with, however, these tend to be essential services (Police, health, education,...
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JAMC wrote: <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Tom Sawyer wrote:</div> Can it be justified? No. Does the BBC have an absolute right to exist. No. Justification doesn’t have to be rested upon...
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Tom Sawyer wrote: Can it be justified? No. Does the BBC have an absolute right to exist. No. Justification doesn’t have to be rested upon absolute rights – according to the same standard you lay down,...
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Can it be justified? No. Does the BBC have an absolute right to exist. No.
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John Smith wrote: So after much thought I have reluctantly come to the view that the BBC should continue to be funded out of taxation, but that people who wish to forego BBC services but still watch...
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I have a problem with the principle of the TV license. If we want to watch a DVD or watch a cable TV channel or ITV or Channel 4, we have to pay the license fee to finance the BBC. And we have to pay...
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