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then you're funding a valuable public service to others, that provides not only the news, weather, and eastenders, but also a host of revision tooling for students of all ages, language services, a public information broadcast point in case of national disaster, and so on. It's not just about you and what you do or do not wish to watch. If you drive a car, a portion of the tax you pay still goes towards public transport services.
Then make it a tax.
This was going to be my answer but it apparently already is, officially, a tax.
I was using it as shorthand for "make it mandatory". If I'm going to be forced to pay then I don't want the pretence of choice, and it'd mean we could eliminate those TV Licensing arseholes too.
I agree fully.
If you're charging for BBC services then charge for that, if you want to tax tv based entertainment, then be honest.
This "how do we word it so we can effectively tax everyone, but don't have to admit that's what we want" approach is bullshit.
that was my point, it should be a tax
And my point was that it currently isn't. While that remains the case I opt out. If the criteria for having to pay this optional tax is essentially "don't use the internet" then it's ridiculous to the point of me actively resenting them.
It's very specifically about what an individual does and does not wish to watch, because it only applies in certain circumstances. If it wasn't about that, everyone would have to pay it regardless of usage.
Much like car tax is about whether or not a person drives a car.
I wasn't referring to road tax, I was referring to income tax. just because I drive a car, I cannot (and should not) be able to reclaim the proportion of tax I pay that is put towards public transport infrastructure.
Genuine question, which part of this is referring to income tax?
The only tax reference i'm seeing is the one that specifically prefaces it with "if you drive a car".
Another genuine question, i'm not seeing how
Relates to anything in my reply.
Not looking for a fight , it seems i'm legitimately missing something important here.