Re:Re: BBC cutting news jobs

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

---------- "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net> writes:
The
license fee is a tax imposed on top of the cost of the set.
-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

Dave:
I tend to agree with Dan on this one, the license fee as I understand it imposed in the UK is a tax.  It is similar to the "pharmacy assessment" that recently went into effect in Mass.  It's a tax, changing the name "revenue enhancement" doesn't change a thing. A tax is a tax is a tax.
df