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05-09-2023 09:03 AM
Obviously the millions of people who watched the coronation on tv disagree. The 20k people are the concert and the millions who watched on tv disagree. The millions who hosted and enjoyed their local big lunch celebrations disagree as do the millions who participated and benefitted from yesterday's day of volunteering and giving back.
05-09-2023 09:11 AM
@catter70 wrote:Since we're on the subject of poverty, let's not forget that Sat. May 13 is Fill a Bag day for nonperishable food collection by USPS. Put those bags of food you've purchased by your mailbox for postal workers to pick up. It's then distributed to local food banks. I think post offices also havae collection barrels at their locations.
@catter70 Thanks for this reminder! I checked with our local PO just to make sure, and they are participating. Now I need to remember to put out the food on Saturday.
05-09-2023 09:17 AM
At a time when the world feels like it is spinning out of control, some find solace in ritual and tradition.
05-09-2023 09:23 AM
The coronation brought a lot of $ into England, including increased revenues for those running restaurants, taxis, hotels, souvenier shops, tour guides, stores, markets, etc...
05-09-2023 09:26 AM
It is the same with sports, entertainment, politicians especially when considering budget decisions, there is "not enough money" to support essential things but always enough money to build a stadium etc.
I know others feel differently.
I guess I wish everywhere could adopt the same type of running things as Finland and New Zealand the happiest countries in the world where everyone is considered worthy and important enough to have the basic necessities of life.
05-09-2023 09:29 AM
The holiday on Monday also added to the economic stimulus enormously.
In the scheme of things, the direct costs to the taxpayers are miniscule relative to impact on the nation's economy.
05-09-2023 09:40 AM
I bet those in poverty in any country-the benefit to the "nations economy"
does not again include them to any even miniscule degree.
05-09-2023 10:02 AM
People who give up hours out of their lives working, limit themselves to the children they can afford, plan meals to stay within their buget... are every bit as important as those who are poor.
They deserve to be rewarded with what they enjoy because they earned it. The Coronation was important to many, including me. Britains waited hours in the rain for it. For it to be insulted is, in effect, insulting all those who don't find it silly, antiquated, a waste of money...
05-09-2023 10:14 AM
I'm sure people for the thousands of years there have been elaborate coronations have thought the same thing.
05-09-2023 10:17 AM
@occasionalrain wrote:Well then, the money spent on the Olympics, New Years celebrations, professional football, baseball, hockey, the millions paid to those athletes...should be redirected to the poor. Really, what makes Tom Brady or Tom Cruise worth millions, while the Coronation of the King of England isn't?
Well put! 👍🏻
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