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Do you watch television broadcasts?

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Do you watch live TV?

  • Yes, Yes I do.

  • No, No I don't.

  • What's a TV?

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HAL9000 said:
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.
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So apparently it's not free to watch over the air TV in the UK.
 
JS80 said:
What the fuck is a "TV license"?

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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?
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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.)
 
lxskllr said:
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.
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We don't have people poor enough to not be able to pay a TV licence that have somewhere to plug in a TV.
 
Jeff7 said:
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.)
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😵
 
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.
 
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WelshBloke said:
Why are sheds taxed? What service do you use more of if you have a shed?
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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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
HAL9000 said:
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?
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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).
 
lxskllr said:
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.
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lxskllr said:
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.
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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. 😀
 
Locut0s said:
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. 😀
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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.
 
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