If it is any consolation: In Germany people are going to prison because they refuse to pay the mandatory "television tax" despite not having a TV (or any interest in watching the garbage that ARD and ZDF produce).
Meanwhile, the top bureaucrats of ARD/ZDF earn salaries in the region of EUR 600000 per year.
Meanwhile, the top bureaucrats of ARD/ZDF earn salaries in the region of EUR 600000 per year.