Re:The bargain at the heart of the BBC is fraying
by jay_kyburz on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:18PM
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I think its a fair question and wanted to respond. I don't think people should just downvote.
There are a lot of things that we as a society have decided we need, and that everybody should contribute to paying for whether we like it or not.
We pay police salaries to try and prevent crime. We all pay to have waste collected regularly.
But lets be clear, we are not talking all that much money. Australia's ABC runs on about 7c a day per taxpayer. I would happily pay 10 times that.
I think the question of what is "good enough" and how the organization should be run, and how independent it is, are all good questions and something we should all have a say in.
There are a lot of things that we as a society have decided we need, and that everybody should contribute to paying for whether we like it or not.
We pay police salaries to try and prevent crime. We all pay to have waste collected regularly.
But lets be clear, we are not talking all that much money. Australia's ABC runs on about 7c a day per taxpayer. I would happily pay 10 times that.
I think the question of what is "good enough" and how the organization should be run, and how independent it is, are all good questions and something we should all have a say in.