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Subject: Re: TV Licence and "On-demand" services Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2008 19:23:28 +0100

PDR wrote:

> I don't think petrol tax provides value for money *to me*, and VAT
> certainly doesn't. But I recognise that both provide value for money to
> society as a whole, so I pay them (not that I have much choice). This is
> part of the basic definition of the way life in the UK works - if you
> don't like it you're perfectly free tp . off to some other country
> where they do things differently.

If you don't like paying petrol tax, you can choose, as some people do, not
to buy petrol.

It is the same for TV licences. I choose not to watch broadcast TV because
I don't want to pay for the licence.