Do you watch television broadcasts?

[Capt Caveman]

You pay if you watch live TV or they fine you.

Now move on this thread isn't about this.

Yet, you have no problem derailing the DVR thread. You don't need to watch live TV b/c you spend so much friggin time trolling here.

 

[HAL9000]

Yet, you have no problem derailing the DVR thread. You don't need to watch live TV b/c you spend so much friggin time trolling here.

Mmmkay. Thanks for contributing.

 

[Bignate603]

I haven't since September 1st, I moved into my new flat, and to save money (by not getting a TV License) and I have not looked back, I don't get some of the references my friends now make about random crap that's on TV anymore, but I prefer my life without having watched that shit.

So apparently it's not free to watch over the air TV in the UK.

 

[HAL9000]

So apparently it's not free to watch over the air TV in the UK.

You have to have a license.

 

[Bignate603]

You have to have a license.

Nice ninja edit, you get rid of your "I never said it was free" before I could go back and snag a quote from the other thread.

 

[HAL9000]

Nice ninja edit, you get rid of your "I never said it was free" before I could go back and snag a quote from the other thread.

I don't know what you mean :sneaky:

 

[schneiderguy]

No, but I do pirate episodes of Top Gear off the internet. Thanks for (formerly) paying your TV license to fund it, HAL! :awe:

 

[Spikesoldier]

only for the sports broadcasts OTA

 

[HAL9000]

No, but I do pirate episodes of Top Gear off the internet. Thanks for (formerly) paying your TV license to fund it, HAL! :awe:

SG, for you, anything.

 

[guyver01]

yes. weather, news, sports, live events, etc..

 

[waffleironhead]

no, i dont have a converter box.

 

[Jeff7]

What the fuck is a "TV license"?

edit: LOLUK
In the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, any household watching or recording live television transmissions is required to purchase a television licence every year. As of 2010, this costs £145.50 for colour and £49.00 for black and white.[1] The licence is required to receive any live television transmission, whether it is received via terrestrial, satellite, cable, or the Internet
How the fuck do you enforce this fee?

The US has its share of equally-entertaining fees.
- Occupational privilege tax
- Extra tax for placing a tool shed on land you own
- Extra tax for each additional story of your house

Though some of this stuff may be in independent states or municipalities, we've got a nice variety of our own silliness. (And an abundance of corruption, of course.)

 

[IronWing]

No, thanks to ATOT I no longer have the attention span for TV.

 

[WelshBloke]

They have to pay to have a TV in the UK :^D

I'm kind of ambivalent on that regard. First thought, is it's a good idea for taxing a luxury, but it's censorship of communication, that could leave out the poor. TV isn't much of a luxury anymore.

We don't have people poor enough to not be able to pay a TV licence that have somewhere to plug in a TV.

 

[WelshBloke]

The US has its share of equally-entertaining fees.
- Occupational privilege tax
- Extra tax for placing a tool shed on land you own
- Extra tax for each additional story of your house
Though some of this stuff may be in independent states or municipalities, we've got a nice variety of our own silliness. (And an abundance of corruption, of course.)

 

[Red Squirrel]

For my first two or so years I did not get cable. In fact for the first year I had no TV. I was in debt from going overbudget with renovations so wanted to pay that off first. By the time I saved up for a TV it was maybe another year later. I only got cable a few months after that, and while I do watch TV, I don't watch it that much, so sometimes I wonder if it's actually worth paying 60/mo for.

And if my new TV supported OTA channels, I probably would just stick to that, but only the little CRT TV I have in my room supports OTA... and I never actually watch that TV, it's just there because.

 

[Jeff7]

Yes, seriously. It wasn't much, and it wasn't heavily enforced, but it was on the books in the township where I grew up.

 

[WelshBloke]

Yes, seriously. It wasn't much, and it wasn't heavily enforced, but it was on the books in the township where I grew up.

Why are sheds taxed? What service do you use more of if you have a shed?

 

[lxskllr]

Why are sheds taxed? What service do you use more of if you have a shed?

I'm guessing it's an extension of the property tax. You add value to the property, you're expected to pay. I'm 100% against property taxes of any kind. They're just wrong.

 

[Bignate603]

We don't have people poor enough to not be able to pay a TV licence that have somewhere to plug in a TV.

 

[HAL9000]

I've been wondering for a couple of days, my friend currently lives in Washington DC, he's just got an internship that pays him about $3k per year... he is also paying tax?! Isnt that below a tax bracket or something, in the UK that's not a taxable income amount, is that not the case stateside?

 

[guyver01]

for a single person, the poverty line is $10,890... he pays taxes, but he'll get it back when he files a tax return.

 

[Bignate603]

I've been wondering for a couple of days, my friend currently lives in Washington DC, he's just got an internship that pays him about $3k per year... he is also paying tax?! Isnt that below a tax bracket or something, in the UK that's not a taxable income amount, is that not the case stateside?

There's more going on in that situation. You can't do a year's work and get paid $3k a year under normal circumstances because that would be well below minimum wage. If he really did only earn $3k in a year that would be below the standard deduction so he wouldn't owe any income tax, but if this money was paid as normal wages he would have some taxes for social programs taken out (money that goes to support the elderly and some medical programs).

 

[Locut0s]

They have to pay to have a TV in the UK :^D

I'm kind of ambivalent on that regard. First thought, is it's a good idea for taxing a luxury, but it's censorship of communication, that could leave out the poor. TV isn't much of a luxury anymore.

When someone says "live TV" here, it refers to real time broadcast, that's only delayed by a few seconds for censorship purposes. I don't have TV at all. I watch a small amount of video on the computer. but use radio for my news and stuff.

There is ironing in these statements no? You are ambivalent towards the idea of paying to watch TV, it's "censorship". Yet back home 'live TV' is delayed a few seconds from being actually live specifically so they can censor it.

 

[lxskllr]

There is ironing in these statements no? You are ambivalent towards the idea of paying to watch TV, it's "censorship". Yet back home 'live TV' is delayed a few seconds from being actually live specifically so they can censor it.

Yea, I saw that as I was typing. Better to have some prudish censorship than be blocked from the whole thing I think. No censorship at all would be better though.