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7 dead 16 wounded at attack on Dutch queensday.
shmokes:
Well . . . just to be clear, Obama is the leader of our country. He is not just a member of royalty that hs been stripped of all actual authority. So it's not really a fair comparison.
But I think his salary is about $400k/yr and he will receive a pension for life (currently about $200k/yr). He'll also have an office with staff for the rest of his life and we'll buy him a house somewhere when he leaves office. He has the secret service and flies on a 747. Of course the white house has a chef that makes his food. No idea how much it all costs.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/27/queen.cost/index.html
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 06, 2009, 09:56:14 am ---
Add the protection . . .
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Oh no . . . that doesn't include protection. The Brits don't release the cost of security provided to the royals. Justification is that just letting people know how much is spent on security compromises security. Translation: Either they're not spending enough and don't want would-be assassins to know it, or they're spending way too much and don't want taxpayers to know it.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 06, 2009, 10:06:40 am ---Right, that's all well and good until you have a time of "national crisis" and then those constitutional protections are all out the window.
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Erm, have you been sleeping for the last 8 years? :dizzy:
Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 06, 2009, 09:32:15 am ---I would say it is considerably worse. It doesn't matter how big a --cream-filled twinkie-- the person is. He gets the job based solely on who his parents are.
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Sounds like George Bush to me... >:D
shmokes:
Yeah . . . democracy obviously doesn't increase the quality of our leaders, just their legitimacy. ;D
Level42:
Yeah, Bush really won fairly the 2nd time.... ::)
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