Surely it is not beyond the wit of mankind to find a way of giving free TV licences to elderly pensioners on low incomes while not giving them away free to people like my parents who can easily afford them. Or, crazy idea, how about not taxing people to own a sodding telly?
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Means testing is an expensive way of examining eligibility Will we be asked to provide our financial details to the BBC? - that would be outrageous. Or will Govt do it, which means expense which increases licence cost - ridiculous Who's going to hep the older person do it?
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It should be free to all pensioners. It’s not like healthcare the more elderly the more strain! Your parents have paid their fee for years and will not have watched BBC exclusively so once you get to 65 then you’ve paid enough surely. Would cost shed loads to means test everyone
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Perhaps we should all boycott the BBC until it gets some common sense and stop being so greedy Today's announcement is the first paragraph of their suicide note
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Help them claim the benefits they should be getting.
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Why have a license at all? There is no sensible reason to tax people to watch live tv - just make it subscription based. The BBC can then decide it's own cost structure.
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The BBC could be self-supporting via commercials. That would stop everyone having to pay the fee and it would remove an imbalance in the UK broadcast market.
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Universality as he said...did you not understand ?
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Hmrc can see total income. Don't understand why benefits can't be targeted at pensioners that hmrc can see are on v low incomes? However disagree that pensioners should pay for the license fee when the BBC is so profligate with its spending.
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