Thread: Funding of the BBC
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Old 08-09-2020, 10:25   #341
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Re: Funding of the BBC
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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
So instead the idea is that the taxpayer subsidies the BBC even more? Councils don't receive no money at all from those on benefits, they receive it from central government instead.
Council tax levels vary across the country, how would that be factored in?
You can be hauled up before magistrates for non-payment of council tax, so what happens when this is included?
Councils are the ones chasing the debts.

It would seem the Germans have a TV licence system. It is NOT included in their property tax.
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So apart from the discounts, what is meant to be that great about the German system?
Maybe it's me, but where is Chris advocating the German system?
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