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Originally Posted by Chris
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. |
That may be the case Chris, but I reckon that some time in the not so distant future, the BBC and it's forced licence fee, will be assigned to room 101, where it belongs.
People are beginning to realise just how corrupt and out-of-date "Auntie" really is. The BBC, are losing the public's support and confidence, and this will show in their figures.
Many people I know have already cancelled their direct debits, and many more are refusing to be forced into paying for something they no longer want nor need.