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tweetiepooh · 10-03-2014, 12:10

You can't take a TV tax out of general taxation as some people don't have a TV at all.

Also there are other things that the BBC has to pay for, like transmitters.

And radio, lots of channels there, national and local. Not easy to move them to subscription even on DAB. And the TV channels, how do you make them subscription on Freeview? Not all boxes have card slots.

The license fee is good value and manageable. Those who don't pay, when caught, should be made to pay for say 5 years back fees straight to the BBC.

The BBC does need to get it's house in order but ... whenever that happens to any organisation they usually have to hire lots more admin/managers/bean counters to implement that change. And so much more red tape that nothing works any more.

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tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,344	Re: TV licence non payment could be made a civil offence You can't take a TV tax out of general taxation as some people don't have a TV at all. Also there are other things that the BBC has to pay for, like transmitters. And radio, lots of channels there, national and local. Not easy to move them to subscription even on DAB. And the TV channels, how do you make them subscription on Freeview? Not all boxes have card slots. The license fee is good value and manageable. Those who don't pay, when caught, should be made to pay for say 5 years back fees straight to the BBC. The BBC does need to get it's house in order but ... whenever that happens to any organisation they usually have to hire lots more admin/managers/bean counters to implement that change. And so much more red tape that nothing works any more. __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.