I’ve lived in Glasgow most of my life (4 years in Edinburgh and 2 years drifting around Europe aside). It’s not the same place I grew up in. I badly wanted to leave, yet lacking in direction in my mid-20s, I returned. It felt very different. It really has changed.
And yet… it hasn’t. Drug abuse is still rife. The whole west coast is stag…
I’ve lived in Glasgow most of my life (4 years in Edinburgh and 2 years drifting around Europe aside). It’s not the same place I grew up in. I badly wanted to leave, yet lacking in direction in my mid-20s, I returned. It felt very different. It really has changed.
And yet… it hasn’t. Drug abuse is still rife. The whole west coast is staggered, drugs / wealth / drugs / wealth. We are not a healthy or productive nation on the whole (although I do maintain quality of life has improved for many.) This makes me think that land value tax would help us. Don’t tax labour if you’re not a productive people.
The emotive side to the whole discussion will win out. I genuinely do not have a firm opinion on the matter - which is why I’m very grateful for this input. My prediction is a second referendum campaign will be buoyed along by the promise of Universal Basic Income.
Not yet. But with “free” education, bus travel for kids, prescriptions etc. it doesn’t seem a big leap. Idea has been floated often enough. There’s a collective socialist bias (and I mean that in a positive way - people regularly go out their way to tell you there’s a cash machine that doesn’t charge just 90sec away or you can save money if you just buy xxx) Everything about it dovetails perfectly.
I might say to the Scots, be careful what you wish for. But on the other hand, it would be a pleasure to see the Scots actually have responsibility for their own actions, to do all the things they want to do, and to sit back and watch it all. I think it would be interesting.
I’ve lived in Glasgow most of my life (4 years in Edinburgh and 2 years drifting around Europe aside). It’s not the same place I grew up in. I badly wanted to leave, yet lacking in direction in my mid-20s, I returned. It felt very different. It really has changed.
And yet… it hasn’t. Drug abuse is still rife. The whole west coast is staggered, drugs / wealth / drugs / wealth. We are not a healthy or productive nation on the whole (although I do maintain quality of life has improved for many.) This makes me think that land value tax would help us. Don’t tax labour if you’re not a productive people.
The emotive side to the whole discussion will win out. I genuinely do not have a firm opinion on the matter - which is why I’m very grateful for this input. My prediction is a second referendum campaign will be buoyed along by the promise of Universal Basic Income.
Is the SNP offering a Universal Basic Income? And have they given any idea at all of how it would be paid for?
Not yet. But with “free” education, bus travel for kids, prescriptions etc. it doesn’t seem a big leap. Idea has been floated often enough. There’s a collective socialist bias (and I mean that in a positive way - people regularly go out their way to tell you there’s a cash machine that doesn’t charge just 90sec away or you can save money if you just buy xxx) Everything about it dovetails perfectly.
That’s not to say I’m in full support…
I might say to the Scots, be careful what you wish for. But on the other hand, it would be a pleasure to see the Scots actually have responsibility for their own actions, to do all the things they want to do, and to sit back and watch it all. I think it would be interesting.