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Why not just mandate citizens donate a small portion of their income to charity instead of getting federal funding? The IRS could make this happen over-night, i

• DrJokepu 15y ago
  That's actually kind of what is happening in the United Kingdom. Television owners are required by law to pay a so called 'TV Licence' which is mostly spent on funding the BBC. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or not but the fact is that the BBC is simply the best public service broadcaster in the world and they achieve that without any commercials (in the UK) at all.
  • astrodust 15y ago
    You can even volunteer to pay your TV tax for internet streaming.
    • mgkimsal 15y ago
      not outside the UK, from what I understand. I'd love to pay a tv tax to get all UK programming. As it stands, we have to use torrents. :/
• astrodust 15y ago
  There's already significant tax benefits for doing this, so the IRS is as much as doing that.