Yet strangely, her contribution to the betterment of mankind exceeds yours by a factor of one billion. It is a mysterious and strange world we live in.
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Don't care, she's not taking any of my money.
"Normally, tax dollars pay only for the costs associated with the Governor-General and Queen's Representative as instruments of the Queen's authority, including travel, security, residences, offices, ceremonies, and the like. Supporters of the monarchy argue it costs New Zealand taxpayers only a small outlay for royal engagements and tours, and the expenses of the Governor-General's establishment. Monarchy New Zealand states "[t]his figure is about one dollar per person per year", about $4.3 million per annum. An analysis by the Republican Movement of the 2010 Budget shows the office of Governor-General costs New Zealand taxpayers about $7.6 million in ongoing costs and $11 million for Government House upgrades, a total of $18.6 million."
I hate all of those un-elected moochers. They get on my wick no end.
I'm not a monarchist, but the cost is no reason to change. If we were a republic, we would still need to have a head of state (a President or Governor-General) and the cost wouldn't change downward.
We already pay for a Prime Minister, so the cost would come down.The governor general is just some fatcat paid to mooch. We don't need him.
Generally a country has both a head of state, and a prime minister.
Generally the sky is blue and water is wet. The fuck does that have to do with what I said?Facepalm*So we need the royals because we have to have a head of state anyway.Even though they don't do anything.DERP
Ummmm, sorry your argument seemed to be that we would save money not having a governor-general, whereas I was pointing out that we would just have to spend the money on keeping a president or whatevz. I don't think I said anything about royals or nothing.
You are making assumptions about the political system that would be the alternative (US has no Prime Minister) and how much it would cost.Regardless, at least the person who is the head of state actaully does something. It's OK to love the royals, you can take a big steaming dump on William's chest for all I care. But I don't see them as any more than moochers.
