Systems like this are necessary primarily because these programs are given lower priority than other government spending. If I were in charge the queen would've

Systems like this are necessary primarily because these programs are given lower priority than other government spending. If I were in charge the queen would've been buried in a pine box, and the money wasted on her funeral would've gone towards life saving medical treatments. Any system that prioritizes anything above human health is fundamentally broken, and that's not the SME's fault. That said, the world is finite and tough decisions do still need to be made. In those cases I would defer to the SME's. If they still thought a system like the above was necessary after being fully funded I would accept that, despite it being distasteful to me.