Rejected petition Abolish TV License

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Why should we in this day and age not have a choice as to wether we want to watch the BBC or not, we should have the choice, if we want to watch BBC we pay, If we dont want to watch the BBC we shouldnt have to pay.
You HAVE to have a license by law, for any object that receives TV broadcasts! phones, computers Tvs etc. WHY, dont we already pay enough taxes.
It should be offerered as a choice based system like Sky or Cable, not as a you have to have this or we will fine you if you dont! Give us a choice.

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Date submitted 23 October 2011
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