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Originally Posted by Stephen
So as he doesn't watch it then why should he pay.
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thanks dude
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Originally Posted by Chris
It is much the same as council tax, which is levied on homeowners and tenants, and pays for all local authority services regardless of whether you use them.
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I have come up with the perfect solution (and I am being very serious). If it is a public service which everyone should pay for regardless of whether they use it or not (remember it includes radio and not just tv) then payment for the service should be incorporated into income tax and not be a separate payment. This way when it comes round to the general elections we can see where the different parties want to spend the money and I can guarantee there will be at least one party which says they want to drop the
£5 billion of pubic money we give the BBC and split it between schools, the nhs and defence. Just imagine what a £1.5 billion injection into schools could do every year!