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Should payment towards the Royal Family be made voluntary?.

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HUNTERF Thu 31-Jan-13 21:58:44

As many people do not want the Royal Family these days I think that no tax money should be used to pay for the royal family.
What they should have is voluntary contributions from people who want the Royal Family and wish to pay.

Frank

j07 Fri 01-Feb-13 10:58:23

Never had much anything to do with the officers class of the forces absent.

Elegran Fri 01-Feb-13 10:51:35

I am trying NOT to think about filling in my tax form. I have just won a three-month extension, but that does not make the filling-in any more fun!

gillybob Fri 01-Feb-13 10:49:07

Could create jobs though Elegran grin

Imagine filling in your tax return and all the tick boxes you could tick or cross? What fun.

Elegran Fri 01-Feb-13 10:46:17

Just imagine what it would cost to administrate a system where everyone paid tax only on what they chose to, and how many appeals there would be when people's opinions changed. HMRC is a complicated enough system to start with. Half the country would be employed working out the taxes of the other half, who would themselves be employed as postmen delivering all the buff envelopes (to the houses of those who were not employed in the tax office, so did not know all the dodges to avoid paying any tax at all)

absent Fri 01-Feb-13 10:36:36

Not so j07. Lady was specifically a class differentiation, as in officers' ladies, non-commissioned officers' wives and other ranks' women. grin

gillybob Fri 01-Feb-13 10:32:56

absent What are you like? grin

Good idea though !

absent Fri 01-Feb-13 10:30:00

Perhaps we could turn Buckingham Palace into a mixed-sex prison and pay the royal family to acts as warders.

j07 Fri 01-Feb-13 10:29:11

Because it's a mark of respect? And because it is the word we have used for women for years? Just politely.

gillybob Fri 01-Feb-13 10:27:26

I am not a royal family fan at all. I do not like the fact that we pay towards their extremely luxurious lifestyle when ordinary people are suffering and cannot afford to feed their children or heat their homes. angry However I don't think we can go down the route of choosing what you would like to contribute toward or we would create chaos.

absent Fri 01-Feb-13 10:26:14

Why is "lady" creeping in everywhere?

j07 Fri 01-Feb-13 10:25:30

There would have been complete uproar across the whole country if they hadn't closed the roads and done the jobn properly!!! grin

Can you imagine it? It was bad enough when the queen didn't immedately leave her grandsons to pander to the people.

Butty Fri 01-Feb-13 10:19:34

B - Your post (9.16) makes a great deal of sense to me.

Bags Fri 01-Feb-13 09:17:38

Some people think Diana was a special lady. Some people don't think that. It really is that simple.

JessM Fri 01-Feb-13 09:17:25

Yup. Sure do honey. grin

Bags Fri 01-Feb-13 09:16:07

We cannot limit what we say to what nobody will find offensive or hurtful. We all approach subjects from different points of view and with different feelings. We need to just accept that and when we feel hurt we feel hurt because of ourselves and our own outlook, not that someone has hurt us for having a different point of view or for saying something we don't like (personal attacks excepted).

I hope people understand what I'm saying.

Bags Fri 01-Feb-13 09:11:33

I've hesitated, I've dithered, but the New Bags thinks it should be said.

So... vamp you did not hurt mey. She felt hurt because she loves Diana. No need to apologise for saying what you think even when people don't like reading it. As mey said, you are entitled to your opinion. And she is entitled to her feelings, but her feelings about the subject are not your concern. Hugs all round. flowers

Bags Fri 01-Feb-13 09:07:15

anno wink

annodomini Fri 01-Feb-13 09:01:21

Don't you pity all those poor people who don't earn enough to pay tax and so have no opportunity to support our Royals?

JessM Fri 01-Feb-13 07:04:25

Some people would not like to have any of their tax money spent on:
1. Education, because they don't have any kids/ send their kids to private school
2. Health because they use never intend to get ill/ pay for private healthcare
3. Defence because they think soldiers should do it for fun/ are pacifists
and of course Government, because all politians are tossers.

So where would this end? I'm afraid the taxation system is a matter of vote, take it on the chin and be grateful for the public services. Or emigrate.

vampirequeen Fri 01-Feb-13 06:10:23

I'm sorry I hurt you mey...it wasn't intentional.

Mey Fri 01-Feb-13 00:12:24

That actually hurt V because I loved her, but you are most defently entittled to your opinion smile

vampirequeen Fri 01-Feb-13 00:07:06

With you all the way Hunter. Give my 62p to education or the homeless or the NHS but not to pay for a rich family to live a life of privilege which they can well afford for themselves.

Also with you about the funeral. Closing down a incredibly busy road system so that people who didn't even know the woman could howl with 'grief' was ridiculous.

Mey...what made Diana a very special caring giving Lady? She did charity work, was a clothes horse and produced the heir and spare (although there is doubt about the spare). That was her side of the bargain. In return she lived a very luxurious lifestyle.

And before I'm accused of it...I'm not jealous.

annodomini Thu 31-Jan-13 23:35:43

I think I can spare a small subscription to the poor old Royals....grin

Mey Thu 31-Jan-13 23:32:32

Hunter that was a bit disrespectful to Princess Diana, she deserved a decent funeral, she was a very special caring giving Lady, Do you think your move was more important than those poor boys burying their Mother.

Sorry everyone, I just feel a bit strongly abt P Diana

gracesmum Thu 31-Jan-13 23:20:28

Each to his own.