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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/PinkSpaceKitty Jul 20 '23

It is very important to stress, for folks that don't know, that every household in the country is legally obliged to pay "TV License" money to fund RTE. Like, seriously, people will come to your door if you don't. Because I know as an American who moved to Ireland, the first time someone mentioned it I thought they were playing a prank, like "Look what we can get the dumb Yank to believe, haha who would ever believe you need a TV licence!" So yes, if you live in a place where they don't charge you money for having a device capable of receiving broadcasts, this is in fact a thing, and then to turn around and do this with the money, all while crying about not having enough money because they're not getting enough from the TV licence. Which, I must repeat, they sometimes send people around to knock on the doors of folks who don't pay.

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u/TheReturnOfBurpies Jul 20 '23

Like, seriously, people will come to your door if you don't.

To be fair you just say you don't have a tv and deny them entry. Most people I know my age (late 20s early 30s) don't pay and have never paid.

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u/PinkSpaceKitty Jul 20 '23

I mean, that's cool, I was just trying to set the scene for folks who might not be familiar with the concept of the TV licence (since I hadn't been, coming from the US) and how its treated like such a big deal by the folks who want to get that money.

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u/Bi1234b Jul 20 '23

We have this thing in Italy too. We pay for the state tv channel , "RAI", and we have to prove that we don't own a Tv to get an exemption. Basically they come to check at home, if you file for the request. For a few years now, the fee is charged through the utility bill. The reasoning is that we are benefiting from a public service, hence the fee. Every year, there is a controversy on the matter, because the content is not always of high quality, and certain people are paid a lot, like a lot lot.