Friday, December 22, 2006
The Only Tax Rise I Wanted To See
The Times reports here on a great disappointment, namely the small increase in the telly tax.
As a person exempt from this onerous charge (no not through age or blindness), it's one I like to see go up and up, not because I like high taxes, or because the BBC deserve all this largesse. No, every year the BBC produces a plethora of politically correct rubbish and disgracefully biased and or shoddy reporting. The more they charge for this rubbish, the more likely that people will question the existence of the BBC and its funding basis.
The fact that the rise they wanted has not been approved is in my view a sign that the BBC is starting to lose touch, and they should be grateful to their political masters for this measure as now they will be forced into some economies. In the long run it'll make no difference as I'm sure their bias and political correctness will win out, if I'd have been in charge of the decision I'd have let them go up to £500.00p per annum at their own discretion, I'm confident they'd have reached it within a year or two, well before 2012. Thus by giving them enough rope they'd have solved the whole BBC issue.
As a person exempt from this onerous charge (no not through age or blindness), it's one I like to see go up and up, not because I like high taxes, or because the BBC deserve all this largesse. No, every year the BBC produces a plethora of politically correct rubbish and disgracefully biased and or shoddy reporting. The more they charge for this rubbish, the more likely that people will question the existence of the BBC and its funding basis.
The fact that the rise they wanted has not been approved is in my view a sign that the BBC is starting to lose touch, and they should be grateful to their political masters for this measure as now they will be forced into some economies. In the long run it'll make no difference as I'm sure their bias and political correctness will win out, if I'd have been in charge of the decision I'd have let them go up to £500.00p per annum at their own discretion, I'm confident they'd have reached it within a year or two, well before 2012. Thus by giving them enough rope they'd have solved the whole BBC issue.
Tags: BBC, television licence
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Labels: BBC, tax, television licence
