People seem to misunderstand the license fee.You do not pay it to the BBC and it does not directly fund the BBC. The license fee is paid as a tax to the government who in turn fund the national TV station for it to provide educational and public service broadcasting. The license fee that you pay is for you to own and operate a receiver of TV signals ( and radio of course )which now includes your mobile phone and computer. It does not mention the BBC, is not collected by the BBC and has nothing to do with them.
Whilst I have nothing against the BBC I do believe that it has no further right to exist in its current form because it is not a national TV station providing the services that were required of it when it was created. That is why they get government funding and ultimately what the taxpayer pays for.
There is only one reason why the BBC exists despite not fulfilling its brief for decades and that is simply because the fact that it is government funded allows the incumbents of the day to levy a very lucrative and stealthy ( by obfuscation ) tax on the populace.
The BBC is long overdue for privatisation and should be allowed to seek its funding in the same manner as commercial stations. Thus putting an end to what has been an unfair tax for at least 30 years.
(Whilst I have nothing against the BBC I do believe that it has no further right to exist in its current form because it is not a national TV station providing the services that were required of it when it was created. That is why they get government funding and ultimately what the taxpayer pays for.
There is only one reason why the BBC exists despite not fulfilling its brief for decades and that is simply because the fact that it is government funded allows the incumbents of the day to levy a very lucrative and stealthy ( by obfuscation ) tax on the populace.
The BBC is long overdue for privatisation and should be allowed to seek its funding in the same manner as commercial stations. Thus putting an end to what has been an unfair tax for at least 30 years.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Wed 29 Oct 2008, 17:35,
archived)