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Should people be able to choose if their tax money goes towards the royal family?
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For example the government could bring in an opt out scheme so people who don't like the royal family don't have to pay for them? do you think this would work?
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Nor would a scheme work where you opted out of paying for abortions or for food and accommodation for those convicted of murder,
Apart from anything else such a scheme would cost more money than we can afford,
That comes from an anti royalist and I think the royal family should get £0 from the state - they're millionaires!
edit - point already proven in the posts 4 and 6
This.
.. and their security even when they cease to be,
True too!!
I would not want the job of managing that
That's funny.:D
How about Politicians too?:D
56p?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cost-of-royal-family-rises-twice-as-fast-as-inflation-9563293.html
Is that really worth worrying about?
Yes I agree. I'd vote to be rid of these parasites once and for all.
Having the likes of the bone idle Edward and Andrew do a day's graft would probably kill them. They are the most bloated, freeloading family on earth >:(
None of them have weight issues do they?:D
That's ok you don't pay for them
Oh get off the fence and tell us what you really think!!
(I did hear of another family called the Kardashians (SP ?) I think the above description might include them too. )
But if the basic principle of modern taxation is wealth redistribution then giving any to rich land-owning parasites is ridiculous.
The basic principle of modern taxation is provision for the infrastructure to govern and safeguard the country, If a political party seeks wealth distribution that is it's position but it is not a universal given,
Personally the concept of wealth distribution has no appeal, I want to provide equality of opportunity to succeed and a safety net for those who don't but that is a different thing.
Since Kate Middleton got her snout in the trough, there's probably nothing left!
Middleton sums up that lot. One of life's workers she ain't.
I'm pretty sure that if we offered an opt-out from paying tax for things people didn't believe in, we would find that an awful lot of people didn't believe in anything at all, and were happy to be assessed for 0% tax. Why? What has she been spending independently of her husband? I have never heard her singled out as particularly extravagant, other than the Daily Mail's absurd posturing about her wanting a family kitchen in their apartment at Kensington Palace.
If you've got an issue with a government policy, then campaign against it. If its a popular opinion, it will gain traction. If its popular enough, it will be picked up by a political party. Then vote for that party. If enough people think its important, they will vote for that party, too. Then they can change the tax law. That's how it works.
For instance, I think it would be good if we had a regular referendum on the future of the royal family. Perhaps every time the monarch changes would be a good period. Then the electorate can remain in charge of this issue. However at the same time, I don't care enough to campaign about this issue. So if it doesn't happen, I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
That's no way to talk about the Cambridges ;-)
The shitbags in Parliament already think that they can do/get away with what the hell they want and don't have to answer to anybody as it is
Whoever gets in, there'll always be a ruling class that live in luxury and splendour.