This would not really be justified considering that
public broadcasting fees are about two orders of magnitude smaller than the other social insurance fees.
But they are also financed from
the public broadcasting fees, so they have a conflict of interest when it comes to determining them.
Integrating
the public broadcasting fees into this system would make your yearly income tax statements even more complicated.
Not exact matches
The Freedom Party frequently attacks ORF as left - wing propaganda machine and has called for an end to the licence -
fee model of financing
public broadcasting.
In the Commons yesterday Christopher Chope MP introduced a Bill that would ensure revenue from the licence
fee would only go to
public service
broadcasting.
How could the state influence
public broadcasting if the GEZ were a tax, compared to the influence the state already has with the
fee?
And of course, the
broadcasts are free (because they use
public airwaves), which is a big deal as major networks demand ever - higher
broadcast re-transmission
fees from cable and satellite providers.