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Scotland - the facts
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Originally posted by oscarose View Post(England has the gas)."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostYou don't hear much about it because paying tax isn't the same thing as opening a savings account. If it were I would happily take the money I've paid in tax over the years and **** off tomorrow and I suspect quite a lot of other people would too.
BTW the 4.3% of Norway's GDP made up by tourism works out about £12 billion. Their GDP is almost 2x Scotland's. Presumably because they don't have a Whiskey industry.
BTW2 even the Scottish government doesn't claim that all of the land in Scotland is suitable for agricultural uses, the true figure is more like 62,000 km2, about 52,000km2 or which is only suitable for grazing livestock.
BTW3 wikipedia reckons that Norway's proven oil reserves are about twice that of the UK.
Your "facts" are starting to look a bit less factual to me.
Did I mention they have a tax take of ~41% of GDP?Last edited by doodab; 28 January 2012, 19:59.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostI know, your full of it.one day at a timeComment
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Norway:
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
- Total $414.462 billion[3]
- Per capita $84,443[3]
Scotland:
- Total GBP 139.774 billion[4]
From Wikipedia:
Also unemployment in Scotland is 8.7%
In Norway it is 3.3%
Scotland has no culture of enterprise outside of Oil and Whiskey and maybe a bit of fish farming. It has an entitlement culture that dominates its population. So how on Earth is it going to sustain itself ?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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"So how on Earth is it going to sustain itself ?"
Not our problem, hopefully :-)
England out of the UK - NOW!!!Comment
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postbeen a lot of talk in the last few days about how Scotland couldnt survive on its own. I suspected this might be FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt being spread by some shadowy groups) thought it best to check out given its importance though. So lets compare scotland with the worlds fourth richest country NORWAY !
Norway ScotlandPopulation4.9 million v 5.2 millionOil reserves16.4 billion barrels v 25 billion barrelsFarming land10000km2 v 78000km2Whisky0 v £3billion paTourism4.3% gdp v £4.5 Billion paFinance industry? v £20 billion per year
conclusion scotland would be better off than norway
oh and regarding the rbs debt, they were the biggest tax payer in the uk for many years up to the crisis often paying
£2billion per year in tax. So the bailout cost has largely
been covered by the money they have already paid in tax. Which you dont hear too much about for some strange reason
So a free scotland it is!
oh and sources -look them up yourself if you dont believe it. It will take you about 5min using google/wikipedia
Bottle Whisky Scotland £22.00 Norway £60
Income tax Scotland 25% Norway 50%"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostPint of Beer Scotland £1.80 Norway £8.00
Bottle Whisky Scotland £22.00 Norway £60
Income tax Scotland 25% Norway 50%Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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