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Originally Posted by Sirius
Indeed but why should i have to pay the Tv tax when i dont watch it ?
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For the same reason you pay taxes to fund all sorts of services our government has deemed socially necessary, even though you don't use them. You see, no matter how many times you ask that question, the answer isn't going to go away.
You can of course argue that a quality national broadcaster with a remit to produce a wide range of programming for a wide range of audiences is not actually socially necessary. You wouldn't be the only one to think that. But you would have a hard time pushing that view in a democratic forum like Parliament, which votes on the BBC's Royal Charter every 10 years. MPs are mostly in favour of the BBC's status and polls show that voters are too.