Thread: Why is there still a Queen in England?
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Old 03-16-2003, 12:20 PM
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Default Re: Why is there still a Queen in England?
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Originally Posted by Jovi2003
Myself and a co-worker of mine were having this discussion yesterday. What is the reason there is still a Monarchy, and a Queen? You are governed by your Parliament, right? I know that she got rich off of all your taxes, but what is her true role? We can't figure it out......
Tourism: all of the Yanks love it.
Yeah, that's true. Apparently though, only a fraction of 1% of our taxes per year goes to the monarchy, so it's not too bad, lol.

How about this one; does America really need a President? lol.

All he does is try to start wars.
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