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SLG Born Again..........and still Scottish!

Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 5515 Location: Dùn Eideann
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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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 'Our Scotland' Fossil

Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 4203 Location: Broadcasting From An Anonymous Location Within the United Kingdom.
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Because that simply takes the problem from the Scottish level of government and transfers it to the British level. _________________ The resident pantomime villain.
'Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State.' |
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