shish_mish@lemmy.world to United KingdomEnglish · 8 months agoBBC licence fee is ‘regressive tax’, broadcaster’s former chair sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down14
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkBBC licence fee is ‘regressive tax’, broadcaster’s former chair sayswww.theguardian.comshish_mish@lemmy.world to United KingdomEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareJoBolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·8 months agoThat is the context that makes this difficult. But the licence fee is a highly regressive tax. The poorest household in the country pays the same as the richest.
minus-squareSyldonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoThere I agree. He is just the wrong person to be putting himself forward for a moral argument.
That is the context that makes this difficult. But the licence fee is a highly regressive tax. The poorest household in the country pays the same as the richest.
There I agree. He is just the wrong person to be putting himself forward for a moral argument.