[southern rock]

One question. Do you enjoy supporting them and their lifestyle with you tax dollars?

[MadIvan]

I'd turn around and ask you how much you enjoy paying for the lifestyle that your Senators, Representatives and President and their attendant bureaucrats get. At least the Queen now pays tax and not just on what she gets for the Civil List - she gets taxed on her outside earnings. How much of the perks that your representatives get are tax free?

Ivan

[Arkle]

It costs every UK taxpayer about 14 pence a year to "keep" the Royal Family. The revenue received by the UK government from the Crown Estates far outweighs the expense incurred by the taxpayer. You may not like monarchy, but the "sponging off the taxpayer" argument is not a real one. If the family were not in the position of the monarchy, they would still be exceptionally wealthy, without all the responsibility. Unless you have a problem with inherited wealth?