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yerself · 07-05-2011, 17:33

It's possible they might not do as badly as some people seem to think. Roughly 75% of the cost of a bottle of Whiskey is duty & taxes paid HM Government, then there's North Sea Oil & gas.

Have read at this from the BBC.
A report last year from consultants, Oxford Economics, suggests that Scotland pays roughly as much in tax as it receives in public spending. Mr Swinney says Scotland is making an enormous contribution through the UK through oil revenues for which they get nothing in return.

"What Scottish oil has delivered over the last 30 years is a very, very helpful resource to prop up the ailing finances of the UK. And that's benefited prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher to Gordon Brown."

Does Scotland get its fair share?

07-05-2011, 17:33	#10
yerself God Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 3,212 Liked: 328 times Rep Power: 12996	Re: Scottish Referendum It's possible they might not do as badly as some people seem to think. Roughly 75% of the cost of a bottle of Whiskey is duty & taxes paid HM Government, then there's North Sea Oil & gas. Have read at this from the BBC. A report last year from consultants, Oxford Economics, suggests that Scotland pays roughly as much in tax as it receives in public spending. Mr Swinney says Scotland is making an enormous contribution through the UK through oil revenues for which they get nothing in return. "What Scottish oil has delivered over the last 30 years is a very, very helpful resource to prop up the ailing finances of the UK. And that's benefited prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher to Gordon Brown." Does Scotland get its fair share? __________________ Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.