"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 00:28:24 -0000, "Mike Lyle"
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OT, I know. I've pondered this long and carefully for years and
years. It does seem an absurd method, and in very rare cases an
unjust one, but nobody's ever suggested a better way of funding two
TV channels, four or even five world-class radio networks, the best
website in the world, countless local radio stations, several major
orchestras, a "big band", a major choir or more, huge quantitiies of
material for schools and universities, and commissioning new writing
and music like nobody else on the planet.

From the national budget like the Dutch do.

Surely that just means the entire Dutch nation pays for TV
broadcasting, whether or not they have a TV ?
Janet

Indeed, but how many people do not have at least one TV nowadays?
Jenny