Re: pptp-based vpn
On Sunday 09 August 2015 20:23:34 Joe wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:50:48 +0100
>
> Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 06:43:15 -0400
> > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Renaud,
> >
> > >I cannot understand why the UK has not followed the other countries
> > >that have ditched TV licensing, and all the attending bureaucracy,
> > >and replaced it with a single check box on the income tax form...
> >
> > Because it's not a tax. The money doesn't go to the govt, it goes to
> > the BBC. License revenue is still 40% (IIRC) of their revenue.
>
> Non-payment is a criminal offence, not a breach of contract, and is
> potentially punishable by imprisonment.
>
> The BBC does not have the powers of prosecution and imprisonment.
>
> Where the money ends up is irrelevant, it is collected by UK law,
> enforced by the UK government and courts.
>
> If it walks like a duck, etc., and when the government robs me, it's
> called 'tax'.
I agree. A HYpothecated tax. Unlike most hypothecated taxes, however, it is
actually spent on that for which it is intended.
Lisi
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