Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Alex Terrell (alexterrell_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: 13 Feb 2005 06:30:08 -0800

Vendicar Decarian wrote:

> > In france and many other countries one must pay a tax or licence
to
> > have a TV.
>
> In England as well.
>
> A damn good idea when it is recognized that the tax goes to paying
for the
> public broadcasting service.

So they use the money to churn out things like Eastenders which are
hardly what tax payers money should be spent on, and could equally be
funded by advertising or subscription.

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