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Originally Posted by Tiptoes
Income tax payments on the Royal family.....
Voluntary it may be, but the fact is they DO and because they DO it means they have to account for their income to the taxman like the rest of us and pay the appropriate charges.
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Fair enough
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Besides helping to secure vast amounts of international business trade for the UK they also raise millions of pounds each year for much needed charities.Work that has previously gone unrecognised.
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I wouldn't say it's gone unrecognised. The royals do get an awful lot of publicity. Which can be a good thing.
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And I would have never implied they are corrupt...................even if I thought it....
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You misread my post. I did not imply I thought that the royals were corrupt. I also did not imply that I thought you thought the royals were. I merely said "How do we know they are not". No implication intended at all.
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In light of the subject matter I find your blinded view of a centuries old process distasteful.
Should we change the voting system just because its getting on a bit?
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Fair enough. I made a joke you consider to be in bad taste. I apologise for that.
The fact remains, however, that the tourist industry does make an awful lot of money from these various processes, which I would speculate is part of the reason they have been kept.
This, I consider a good thing. It keeps a lot of people in work.
BTW, I am not "Blinded". I have been brought up to question what I am taught. I personally believe that is the best way to learn.