In Answer to Andrew Barton

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Specifically to this essay on Andrew's blog on his opinion about the proposed budget cuts aimed at CBC/Radio-Canada in the latest federal budget, particularly this point:

In an ideal world, the CBC wouldn't need to wade into the ratings battle with the commercial networks. The ideal would be for the CBC to be supported by television license fees, such as Japan's NHK, the BBC, and practically every other public broadcaster in the Anglosphere. But it would never fly, not now. Politicians in Metro Vancouver received death threats when they aired the possibility of taxing vehicles; what do you think the uproar would be if the government decided it was going to start taxing TVs?

Dare I say that I'd settle for a "point-of-first-sale only" levy on anything capable of receiving, storing, and replaying/retransmitting CBC content? That I'm willing to pay it myself?

Or would I be lynched for even admitting to that much?