CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ad-free

Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by figjamjam on Monday November 28, 2016 @09:31PM (#13060265)

For those who are unaware; the UK TV tax of roughly $15 a month. I never signed up. I'd get a threatening call from the BBC every 6 months trying to shake me down with threats of fines and jail time. I told them that I didn't have TV or the internet at home. Their response was internet on the phone or at work was sufficient to be liable. I told them to b*gger off and they did. For 6 months.

In general; I'm not a fan of states forcing people to pay for things they don't want.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by jtchang on Monday November 28, 2016 @09:33PM (#13060279)

I'm positive that my taxes go to things I don't want as well as things I do.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by figjamjam on Monday November 28, 2016 @09:38PM (#13060303)

Agreed, I now live in a tax haven. It's every bit as awesome as I imagined it to be :)

I wouldn't mind paying some tax but there is a point where you're paying for your own propaganda / chains.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by branchless on Monday November 28, 2016 @09:59PM (#13060405)

Tax haven "nice" or tax haven "we pay for our services by either depleting bountiful natural resources / mental regime / letting others avoid tax and taking a cut" ?

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by figjamjam on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:16PM (#13060476)

The government makes it's money via property and consumption taxes. And there is no military to fund. The economy is also helped by foreign tax avoidance. Interestingly; you'll find that the US is now by far the biggest enabler of foreign tax avoidance in the world. So I'm not sure what moral conclusion you're trying to allude to. At least here the same tax avoidance schemes are available to everyone.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by branchless on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @09:28AM (#13063199)

> The economy is also helped by foreign tax avoidance

I hate it then. I also hate all the avoidance the UK and US enable.

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Re:CBC asks for $400M in increased government funding to go ... by SpaceRaccoon on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:34AM (#13061705)

What is this place called, if you don't mind me asking?

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