The CBC, which is a public broadcaster in Canada for all of those who have never had the DISpleasure of having actually seen a CBC show, will be moving into the digital
age as of 08/2011. This will not change much for the many Canadians switching to a digital box, other than add some additional budgetary expenses to our taxes. Which leads me to my point: "What if I don't want a digital box?" It's true, some people will actually NOT buy into the digital transfer when the time comes. Does this mean they will be granted special tax withholding powers? A power to not pay the FIFTY some odd dollars per year we each pay for the CBC? Of course not! They will be forced to pay $50 per year for something they will never receive...EVER.Now some of you may say; "Well, people that don't have kids still must pay school taxes and such." To them I would point out that publicly funded schools benefit all of us, otherwise where would the kids you don't want around you go to all day? But, TV is not an essential service like health
-care, which you will pay for no matter if you go to the hospital everyday or never at all. So the question is why the f*ck am I going to pay $50 more dollars to the government for an NON-essential service or good?The answer is: I won't. And neither should you. Call
your MPPs now as an election is just around the corner.
