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Nuking food ...was Roasting Butternut Squash
On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 00:38:48 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>In article >, says... >> snip >> 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 |
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