The BBC produces some of the best TV shows around. The intellectual difference between the average show produced by the BBC and those produced by other commercial entities is staggering.
BTW I don't live in the UK and so haven't had the experience of a BBC tax collector knocking at my door.
Obama: Yes, Mr Biden... My foolproof eeeeevil plan to stop people from driving freely is working! Eeeexcellent.... Now people will take the train! We both know, Biden, that 'Cash for Clunkers' -- I love that name, it has an eeeevil ring to it -- is secretly an eeeevil socialist plot to get people to give up their cars!
I don't see it.
No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.