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Originally Posted by jfman
The same place any Government gets its money from - taxation. It’s entirely speculative to say that Scotland would automatically have an unsustainable deficit or be unable to borrow. It’s also speculative to say that Scotland couldn’t reform it’s taxation system to make it more competitive against other countries (including the EU countries) to facilitate investment.
I agree it’s less than ideal for England to be governed in such a way. English independence would be an excellent idea - win win for everyone. Unless of course, there’s more to it and all is not as it seems with the figures given by London.
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You are saying Scotland should increase it taxes? They have control over income tax. Their problem is the amount of spending. They've become too used to the free money from England, just as East European EU countries would struggle without EU funding. Eg Around 4%(net) of Hungary's and Lithuania's economies are funded by the EU. Even Poland gets a net 2.5% boost.