Originally posted by Cyberman
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When Scotland has its own revenue through its own taxes and can only have expenditure related to that and thus gets nothing from England I will be a happy man. At the moment they are getting subsidies from us and this is not only grossly unfair but also greatly unappreciated by them.
Bring on independence !!
Bring on independence !!
John Swinney [Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance] has published a Scottish Government review of the options for change:
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there is a notable warmth shown to the concept of "devolution max" - whereby Scotland would raise and control most taxation, while sending a subvention to London for shared services like defence.
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there is a notable warmth shown to the concept of "devolution max" - whereby Scotland would raise and control most taxation, while sending a subvention to London for shared services like defence.
I'm OK with it so far, though I note that it does still condemn the Scottish taxpayer to pay his share of funding farces like the London government's Iraq adventures, regardless of whether the Scottish voter might think that part of the defence of Scotland or not.
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