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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
You're also right, but in this case it is my choice to buy that dish soap or motor oil. I don't get a say in terms of my tax dollars; that hand goes into my pocket whether I like it or not.
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yes, of course you choose what you consume, I just wanted to point out that the "free" stations are also not free.
However you chose to pay those stations, the result would be the same. Wheather you take tax dollars, or a fee per household, or an impost on every sold TV. Fact is they don't make stuff that is always compatible to the masses, but rather try to cover many interests, even those of a minority of viewers. If you want to have this and also commercial free television, they have to be subsided in some way.
One point is also very important : that they are independent of the government, so tax dollars can only be a sollutiuon if they are guaranteed independently of the stuff they send, wheather the government likes it or not.