20 Olympic things to know (1 Viewer)

[tofo]

A bit of usefull/useless info on the olympics

Depends on your views

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19047586

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[Gromett]

I have just found out that all those lovely medals cost us tax payers 10p each per year.

Not being into sport in anyway my initial reaction was quite negative but on careful consideration I realised if they double that could we get to number two on the table

I think 10p per taxpayer per year is great value considering the health benefits to country from getting more kids involved....

 

[jhorsf]

What they did not say was 10p per year for ever

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[Gromett]

What they did not say was 10p per year for ever

Nope, but I wouldn't put it past them...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983

In fact, the Lottery accounts for about 60% of funding for GB's Olympic teams' preparation for the London Games. Almost 40% comes directly from the UK exchequer - in other words, directly from our pockets via taxes.
This equates to about 80p a year per UK taxpayer. About £7m also comes from money raised by Team 2012, mainly through corporate sponsors.

But with Team GB's haul so far costing each UK taxpayer less than 10p a medal, you won't find too many Britons complaining. Add in a conservative £12bn cost of hosting the games at £400 per taxpayer, and some may not feel quite the same.