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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I never had any idea about this until a couple of years ago. A girlfriend passed up going shopping, because she needed to send her mum $$$$ to help with the TV tax that year. I thought she was kidding, until I looked it up!
Such a thing would never fly in the US. TV's are vital because of things like storm warnings and such. And important stuff like 24 hr per day coverage of Michael Jackson's funeral.
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The TV license is a small price to pay for programmes without any commercial breaks. An hour long programme on BBC really is one hour of content, and not 40 minutes plus 20 minutes of filler (ad breaks). I believe the license fee also compares well with subscription services (satellite and cable).