Belgian prince loses legal battle to receive social security benefits on top of royal allowance
Belgian prince loses legal battle to receive social security benefits on top of royal allowance
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Social security benefits should be universal. Royal allowances should stop immediately. Monarchy should end immediately.
One cant be democratic if the head of state is unelected and nobility still has influence!
I don't know much about how Belgian royalty behaves, but I argue it would be fair not to end this tradition until they fuck up. Royal allowances and costs of ceremonies etc aren't that high if you consider the diplomatic weight royalties have in foreign countries, even more so in foreign monarchies.
if you consider the diplomatic weight royalties have in foreign countries
They shouldnt have any diplomatic weight. They should be stripped of anything that separates them from normal citizens.
But they do though. I'm not saying it's fair, just that we better use it since we pay for it.
Yeah you wanna read a little about the shit that the Belgian royal family has caused. Or just about all royal families, for that matter...
If they cause shit than I'd say there is an actual reason to kick them out, as I said I don't know anything about Belgian royals. What I think is that the financial argument is weak, especially compared to the moral argument on whether it's fair or not. I think it'd be better this 'tradation' dies slowly.
Also, I think this guy wanting extra money is a douchebag move. Feel like I need to stress that with all these downvotes.
I really don't care for that excuse.
They are a buch of parasites and there's no need to give them our money.
