http://www.theroterts.net/2010/01/07/lame-taxes/ A look at our life as we learn to navigate Italian culture Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:20:54 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.theroterts.net/2010/01/07/lame-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Ian of England Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.theroterts.net/?p=456#comment-789 we have the same problem in UK - you pay the licence even if you watch live TV via the web! We pray for better TV in Italy - especially as we hope to go there for a while ...but i guess render to caesar what is caesar's and to God what is God's.... we have the same problem in UK – you pay the licence even if you watch live TV via the web! We pray for better TV in Italy – especially as we hope to go there for a while …but i guess render to caesar what is caesar’s and to God what is God’s….

]]> http://www.theroterts.net/2010/01/07/lame-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Heather Seybld Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:21:38 +0000 http://www.theroterts.net/?p=456#comment-787 germany has similar channels (although, i doubt they have much to do with nudity) that no one watches, but everyone has to pay for. the radio tax is included, for a total of 107,88 €. we got a separate letter (since we sometimes use the car for "work" purposes) for the radio in there. i tried sending in a letter about getting out of that since the antenna has been broken for several years. the german tv/radio tax people are pretty serious around here, but if they weren't so hard-core, i really wouldn't feel like i was lying to them if i didn't pay since i don't watch their channels anyway. germany has similar channels (although, i doubt they have much to do with nudity) that no one watches, but everyone has to pay for. the radio tax is included, for a total of 107,88 €. we got a separate letter (since we sometimes use the car for “work” purposes) for the radio in there. i tried sending in a letter about getting out of that since the antenna has been broken for several years. the german tv/radio tax people are pretty serious around here, but if they weren’t so hard-core, i really wouldn’t feel like i was lying to them if i didn’t pay since i don’t watch their channels anyway.

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