Bob, That was exactly the concern. Still is, I guess.
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 13:44, Bob W wrote: > Hi, > > > In the Netherlands they decided it > > was cheaper to dismantle the organisation checking people weather or not > > they payed for the license, and made it part of the income tax system. > > Saves a lot of money. > > but it makes it subject to political control and pressure, becoming > part of the normal government budgetting cycle. > > If your Finance Minister has been getting a particularly bad press in > the months leading to the budget, and he has to choose between funding > a new hospital for cute little babies, and some satirical programming > and costume dramas, which will he choose? -- Frits W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
