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I presume you're not paying a UK TV licence either.Mate, some of us get nothing from the taxpayer and absolutely fudge all from the government, so absolutely no chance of hypocrisy here, eh!!!
I presume you're not paying a UK TV licence either.Mate, some of us get nothing from the taxpayer and absolutely fudge all from the government, so absolutely no chance of hypocrisy here, eh!!!
Should take on a amazon/Netflix style payment system
NoBut a lot of people making comments here do get a lot from the taxpayer. Good for you then it's great that you can exist without the taxpayers help. However it doesn't alter what i believe which is that all countries need a state media agency that is independent of both government and vested interests
For whatever reason it's given it comes from the taxpayer. I don't want to get into an argument on the validity of subsidies but my point is some farmers object to the way the BBC handles the money it recieves from the license payers and some people will object to funding farmers with their tax money.No
What a lot of people get here is money to keep the cost of food production down for the housewife
If we were to sell our produce at true cost of production without subsidies the price of food would have to rise
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What a lot of people get here is money to keep the cost of food production down for the housewife
If we were to sell our produce at true cost of production without subsidies the price of food would have to rise
Food is a mass commodity and the price of commodities is decided according to supply and demand. Nothing that you get paid will help to keep the price down, apart from you by adding a trivially small amount to the supply side of the equation.
If you were to try and sell your commodity food for more than the price as decided by supply and demand (ie what you call the true cost of production), then you would fail. You could ask more than the price you’re offered, but unless you were selling something with a market differentiation, you wouldn’t succeed.
I’m sorry to say, but the removal of subsidy wouldn’t cause food prices to rise as plenty suppliers (your competitors) would still manage to supply at current price.
Agreed. Planet Earth and other Attenborough programmes almost worth the fee alone. Never been to another country and really rated their TVPersonally think BBC is excellent value for money when you consider what you get, advertising free tv and radio stations covering an entire range of genres. Full coverage of Summer and winter Olympic games, Wimbledon, World and European football finals and that’s just some on the sport. Yes there is some rubbish but they need to cater for all. My annoyance is the amount they pay to certain presenters. There should equal pay and a salary cap.
You're not mentioning that a large amount of world suppliers of
agricultural commodities are subsidised.
If you go on Agtalk (American ff) they've been talking about
government handouts they are going to receive.
Take the global subsidies out of the system and food would most definitely
rise in price.
Agreed. Planet Earth and other Attenborough programmes almost worth the fee alone. Never been to another country and really rated their TV
He does . Perhaps a bit too gentlemanly for "attack"Does Sir David attack air travel as much as agriculture in his climate beliefs?
What would be the carbon footprints on his programmes?
What bugs me about him is that his name is almost an anagram of Greta Thunberg.Does Sir David attack air travel as much as agriculture in his climate beliefs?
What would be the carbon footprints on his programmes?
Perhaps, but only if supply reduces as a result - would US farmers suddenly stop producing food, or would they try running faster to stay still and produce even more (hence depressing the price further)? For sure they wouldn’t just leave the asset doing nothing. Besides, that doesn’t matter as Donald ain’t gonna manage to make that change!
He does . Perhaps a bit too gentlemanly for "attack"
I'd sooner know the polar bears are there and being filmed by his crew than 10,000s of visitors go look-see themselves. It's Packham with the wildlife long distance travel co
100% agreePerhaps when globally important spokes people say to
cut down on red meat consumption they should be careful
not to treat all areas of the World the same.
How can you compare slash and burn in Brazil to lamb grazing
on pasture in the UK.
By all accounts pensioners are being jailed for non payment, don't think the establishment would be averse to locking up some farmers....might even be populist in some circles!!
For a start why a non UK citizen pay a UK TV licence, and no we got rid of TV licences here 25-30 years ago.I presume you're not paying a UK TV licence either.
Personally think BBC is excellent value for money when you consider what you get, advertising free tv and radio stations covering an entire range of genres. Full coverage of Summer and winter Olympic games, Wimbledon, World and European football finals and that’s just some on the sport. Yes there is some rubbish but they need to cater for all. My annoyance is the amount they pay to certain presenters. There should equal pay and a salary cap.