Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:54:12 +0100 From: Colum Mylod <cmylodnospamoot.comREMOVE> Subject: Re: UK Saabers only
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:47:04 +0000, Grunff <grunffnospam.com> wrote: >Craig's Saab C900 Site wrote: > >> What's a TV license if you don't mind me asking? > >It's an abomination; a historical relic which still rips households off >to this day. Basically, you pay £130 a year for the privilege of using a >TV to receive *any* broadcast in the UK. The money goes to fund the BBC. The principle is not so bad, but IMHO the real issue is that the gov of the day jack it up as much as the political pain can tolerate. We have no direct means to clamp costs and range. Now the gov want to flog off (as if they own it) chunks of UHF to unspecified payers for unspecified uses, fill in the dots etc, they push the Beeb to "go digital" to reduce their spectrum space. Bright spark: let's add to the licence fee load the costs of forced conversion of the refuseniks who stubbornly stick to 4/5 channels and will need gear to receive the current junk after switchover. Stretching the "licence fee" beyond original use to re-equipping people so the real benefactor can flog spectrum, nice. Kinda same idea as "road tax" going into health and war. But back on topic: when I bought my 9-5 I did budget for congestion zones, road tax, probable petrol consumption, aircon to keep cool on biz trips etc. Apple cart gets turned over each budget: tax up, if the oil companies can get their act together one year and keep the pump price stable, the gov will inflict a price increase instead of them. Once diesel was trendy and green, now it's baad. LPG good until enough boots have big tanks -> soak them. -- Old anti-spam address cmylod at despammed dot com appears broke So back to cmylod at bigfoot dot com
