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If I recall correctly, the British royal family owns a bunch of land and collects rent on them - but there is some kind of agreement there with the rest of the government, where the collected rent goes to the government instead, and pays to maintain the royal family.
I think it actually winds up where they are a net gain for the country. Something about like a third of the rent paid to them is in corn rents, or equivalent value, and turns out that that is like a huge revenue stream these days.
If I recall correctly, the British royal family owns a bunch of land and collects rent on them - but there is some kind of agreement there with the rest of the government, where the collected rent goes to the government instead, and pays to maintain the royal family.
I think it actually winds up where they are a net gain for the country. Something about like a third of the rent paid to them is in corn rents, or equivalent value, and turns out that that is like a huge revenue stream these days.
Wonder how the royal family ended up with all that land.
Wonder how the royal family ended up with all that land.
Some watery tart threw a scimitar at her ancestor.
Some watery tart threw a scimitar at her ancestor.
Rent seekers are just posh welfare sponges. Who produces the wealth: the tenant farmer who farms the land or the landlord who owns the land?
Rent seekers are just posh welfare sponges. Who produces the wealth: the tenant farmer who farms the land or the landlord who owns the land?
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