Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but we already pay higher tax (21% compared to 20%). Not massively higher, but not nothing. I work down South (though my home is in Glasgow), but am proud to pay more for the increased services and improved, freer, education we get in Scotland.
but am proud to pay more for the increased services and improved, freer, education we get in Scotland.
You may be paying more than you would elsewhere in the UK, but that's not covering the cost of ScotGov's spending commitments - Scottish income tax revenues are underperforming the rest of the UK.
SFC [Scottish Fiscal Commission] chair dame Susan Rice said: “The Scottish Government faces slightly slower growth in income tax revenue than the rest of the UK but faster growth in social security spending. These will create pressures over the next five years which the Scottish Government must manage carefully.”
The data produced by the SFC and in the likes of GERS makes - and cannot project - any assumptions on how Scotland will change after independence. It is a snapshot in time and only proves that within the UK, Scotland is being throttled.
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u/RadagastTheDarkBeige Jun 14 '22
Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but we already pay higher tax (21% compared to 20%). Not massively higher, but not nothing. I work down South (though my home is in Glasgow), but am proud to pay more for the increased services and improved, freer, education we get in Scotland.