Re: pptp-based vpn
Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.reisz@gmail.com):
> 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'.
When I was a boy, the TV licence fee was taxed (called "duty") by the
government at 33%.
> I agree. A HYpothecated tax. Unlike most hypothecated taxes, however, it is
> actually spent on that for which it is intended.
Perhaps that's why the government is unhappy with the situation: they
hate hypothecated taxes. Here, property taxes vary by town and county,
and the sales tax varies from one side of the street to the other!
http://cityofmhk.com/1486/Manhattan-Taxes
Cheers,
David.
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