On Sunday 09 August 2015 11:50:48 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400 > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> 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.
In effect, it is an apothecated tax. But we are reluctant to acknowledge that. > The money doesn't go to the govt, it goes to > the BBC. License revenue is still 40% (IIRC) of their revenue. 78% in 14/15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom The money that the BBC did get from the government has been withdrawn, but free licences are to continue, so that there is the beginning of a movement among the elderly for the abolition of the free licences. As I said, a minefield with tremendous political sensitivity and controversy. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201508091255.21877.lisi.re...@gmail.com
