Germany has a huge public-service broadcasting system (mainly ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandradio), which is financed by a mandatory contribution called "Haushaltsabgabe". Every houshold has to pay 17,98 Euro per month. Foremost with that system the public-service broadcasting collects about 9 billion Euro a year. Alone the ARD - with a national television station (Das Erste), several regional … Continue reading Millions for millionaires: What I don’t like at german public-service broadcasting →