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SLG
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| Aventinian wrote: | | While I think the last thing we need is more spending, I believe that the Scottish Parliament ought to have the power to raise at least some of its own income in order to make it properly accountable. Accountability isn't just listening to Jack McConnell dodge questions for half an hour. |
Why only some of it's own income? Why not raise all it's own income and then we can contribute to shared cross-border projects from that?
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Aventinian
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Because that simply takes the problem from the Scottish level of government and transfers it to the British level.
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