Queen Elizabeth II takes a pay cut

[AyashiKaibutsu]

now its time for prez and congress to take a pay cut as well

In order to attract talent we should be offering more than what some silly queen of an island gets.

 

[silverpig]

On behalf of England, I am sorry.

Now you apologise for them

mmntech is Canadian.

 

[HAL9000]

mmntech is Canadian.

Fair enough.

 

[tokie]

Uh no, the funds are not used for humanitarian purposes.

Have you heard of "tea parties"? Here in London they are something many professionals look forward to. Basically your company or some other hosts a tea party in the Queens garden. She shows up and is fawned upon. It is then a status symbol that you hae had tea with the Queen.

How is that not disgusting?

 

[shortylickens]

Uh no, the funds are not used for humanitarian purposes.

Have you heard of "tea parties"? Here in London they are something many professionals look forward to. Basically your company or some other hosts a tea party in the Queens garden. She shows up and is fawned upon. It is then a status symbol that you hae had tea with the Queen.

How is that not disgusting?

To an American or Canadian that might seem silly. To an Englishman thats a fine tradition.

Of course, the average American thinks its cool to get high with some dumb skank in a smelly, dank locale. I think their idea of awesome might have better merits.

 

[mmntech]

Fair enough.

I'll meet you half way and apologize for Justin Beiber.

 

[zokudu]

To an American or Canadian that might seem silly. To an Englishman thats a fine tradition.

Of course, the average American thinks its cool to get high with some dumb skank in a smelly, dank locale. I think their idea of awesome might have better merits.

Hmmm dumb skank or stuffy tea party :hmm:

 

[shortylickens]

Hmmm dumb skank or stuffy tea party :hmm:

I suppose if we hung out with dumb skanks all day long we too might think Elizabeth the 2nd was stuffy.
And I'll kill the first beautiful being who says anything about my girlfriends!

 

[xeemzor]

Uh no, the funds are not used for humanitarian purposes.

Have you heard of "tea parties"? Here in London they are something many professionals look forward to. Basically your company or some other hosts a tea party in the Queens garden. She shows up and is fawned upon. It is then a status symbol that you hae had tea with the Queen.

How is that not disgusting?

And you have a problem seperating the ribbon cutting and ceremony from government like that? Think about how much time our president has to spend doing stupid crap.

Not that I'm saying the UK government is any better by any means.

 

[HAL9000]

To an American or Canadian that might seem silly. To an Englishman thats a fine tradition.

This

 

[shortylickens]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IloIoGj5Mj0

 

[CanOWorms]

That $50 million is only a fraction of her costs. The monarchy keeps many of their expenses secret, particularly their security costs, likely in part due to their exorbitant costs. The $50 million is for her household expenses (paying servants, etc.). She also doesn't have to pay taxes; instead, she volunteers to pay some.

Also, the monarchy probably doesn't generate anywhere close as much revenue as it costs. Many people like to say that it drives tourism, but tourists cannot buy tickets to the Queen. Moreover, only a single royal residence is even within the Top 20 of British tourist attractions. Legoland there is ranked higher.

The monarchy can be safely abolished without harming tourism revenue; in fact, it may increase tourism revenue because more residences and art will be opened to the public. Many progressive countries have abolished their monarchies but still see much tourism around the related historical sites: see France and Versailles.

Also, the recent royal wedding cost the British economy ~10 billion and caused their GDP forecast to shrink by .25%.

 

[Nintendesert]

Yeah, some advantages better than others.

Is that Xena?

 

[HAL9000]

Is that Xena?

It's Kate Middleton, our new Princess.