TV Licence is a pain, but to totally scrap it is extreme
Posted 2 Aug 2010 by Walaa Idris
The Adam Smith Institute, a major think tank, has today announced that the TV Licence Fee represents bad value for money and should be scraped.
At £145.50 per year the licence is virtually another tax, which all the UK’s TV watching [on a box or via the web] population have to pay! For some that amount is a drop in the ocean but for many it is good money they can put to much better use. However, totally scrapping the TV Licence will have an undo adverse effect on some of the services, both nationally and internationally.
A BIG reduction on the current amount plus a cap or reasonable annual increases in line with inflation will make better economic sense for users. Also as a public service provider, salaries of employees need to be brought in-line with the rest of the civil service industry – and of course there is nothing wrong with diversifying the business by providing a mix of paid and unpaid services. But to just totally do-away with the TV Licence is a little extreme.
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