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Economic Pet Peeve

I was listening to the radio on the way home this evening. Specifically, I was listening to the Communist Broadcasting Network AKA NPR.

They were playing the BBC and talking about Howard Stern leaving so-called commercial radio and signing up with Syrius, a satellite radio company.

The announcer ended the show by saying that the BBC radio is "free."

BBC radio isn't free. SOMEONE is paying for it. And guess what: anyone who pays income taxes here in the US and the the UK are paying for it, which is just about everyone.

US taxes pay for NPR. NPR pays BBC radio to broadcast their show. etc.

It's not free.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, y'all. I'm serious and I really want people to stop saying there is.