On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 00:38:48 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>In article >, says...
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>> Since 2001, the president has earned a $400,000 annual salary, along
>> with a $50,000 annual expense account, a $100,000 nontaxable travel
>> account, and $19,000 for entertainment.[79][80] The most recent raise in
>> salary was approved by Congress and President Bill Clinton in 1999 and
>> went into effect in 2001.
>
> You're confusing his salary with what the taxpayer pays to support
>Presidential expenses (reputedly 1.4 billion USD a year)
>>
>>
>> Your royals cost HOW much?
>>
>> Well - let's look at the stats.
>>
>> The annual report states that the monarchy costs the UK approximately
>> £35.7 million.
>
> That is the Sovereign Grant, paid by parliament to the Queen to fince
>her public duties. The Sovereign Grant represents 15 % of the profit
>from the Crown Estate. Don't be fooled by the name, the Crown Estate
>does not belong to the monarch/royal family.
>
> The Crown Estate is one of the largest property owners in the United
>Kingdom, producing £211 million for the Treasury in the financial year
>2007?8 and with holdings of £7.3 billion in 2011. The Crown Estate is
>not the private property of the Monarch. It cannot be sold or owned by
>the Sovereign in a private capacity, nor do any revenues, or debts, from
>the estate accrue to her. Instead the Crown Estate is owned by the
>Crown, a corporation representing the legal embodiment of the State. It
>is held in trust and governed by Act of Parliament, to which it makes an
>annual report. Revenue from the Crown Estate is thought to be due to
>double in real terms in the period to 2020.
>
> Janet UK
>
If Trump becomes president we will also have to cover the cost of
several on-staff, on-call beauticians and hair stylists for him
Janet US