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Germany just sends a bill to every registered resident, no matter what. The Rundfunkbeitrag is applied per household, not based on devices, and it's up to each
by culturestate 4y ago
Germany just sends a bill to every registered resident, no matter what.
The Rundfunkbeitrag is applied per household, not based on devices, and it's up to each person to either pay the tax or justify to the Beitragsservice that they don't need to.
- ErikCorry 4y agoA super regressive tax for young people who live alone.
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- account42 4y agoAnd of course young people are also less likely to watch TV in the first place. It's basically subsidized entertainment for the elderly, which would be fine if the funds were sourced equitably. I also don't buy that this weird totally-not-a-tax setup makes the news any more independent from the government - after all, it's still the government deciding to uphold or even increase the fees as well as allowing and supporting the enforcement. Yeah, it's a pretty shitty system and I wish we would get rid of it. Don't have high hopes of that happening anytime soon though.
- dredmorbius 4y agoSo index it to income / wealth instead.