On Sunday 09 August 2015 20:23:34 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:50:48 +0100 > > Brad Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 > > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Renaud, > > > > >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries > > >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy, > > >and replaced it with a single check box on the income tax form... > > > > Because it's not a tax. The money doesn't go to the govt, it goes to > > the BBC. License revenue is still 40% (IIRC) of their revenue. > > Non-payment is a criminal offence, not a breach of contract, and is > potentially punishable by imprisonment. > > The BBC does not have the powers of prosecution and imprisonment. > > Where the money ends up is irrelevant, it is collected by UK law, > enforced by the UK government and courts. > > If it walks like a duck, etc., and when the government robs me, it's > called 'tax'.
I agree. A HYpothecated tax. Unlike most hypothecated taxes, however, it is actually spent on that for which it is intended. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
