Don't the British people pay for this sort of thing?
I'll be honest I'm not well-versed in the system over there where concerns the royal family but I'm thinking it's part of government somehow... Even if only symbolic.
Which in my mind means this sort of thing is tax payer funded.
The going rate is good for a married stay at home mom who wants to work some while her children are in school etc. I see nothing wrong with the wage. People aren't forced to apply.
There are many people who doesn't have the mental and social aptitude and psychological stability to be anything more than a housekeeper even if they work very hard to try to improve themselves.
I live in a poor neighborhood so I see many people like those everyday. Wasn't their fault. Genes, childhood trauma, mom drank and smoked during pregnancy, drug addiction, crime, etc.
This is why there are many housekeepers working as housekeeper for the rest of their lives. And naturally, many of them do come from poor communities.
Consequently, they'll see min wage for the rest of their life. They may get a raise but not much.
Will they survive? Absolutely. But would you be content to have that salary for the rest of your life? Let's be honest to ourselves, would you feel great to give up your present life, give up your nice house and try live min wage, living in someone else's servant quarters, not seeing your kids (and not able to send them to college for that matter), waking up early everyday, working for someone who doesn't care and do that until you die. I don't think that's a life worth living. It's a very slow, agonizing way to die.
What would Jesus do? And ironically, Jesus did say something about it in the Parable of the workers in the Vineyard. It's all about being merciful to others, for we ourselves need to be given mercy from our Lord.
