Westminster economic policy |
We’ve previously looked at some of the reasons why Westminster won't fix this situation,
but that will become irrelevant with a Yes vote in 2014. We will have a better democracy
which promises more choice and more control for the people of Scotland. What we do from there is up to us. Only our imagination limits us.
We can't create a perfect system, but we can do much better than what we've got! |
We can reduce rates for small businesses to make them more
competitive, cut or scrap employers’ national insurance to encourage
companies to hire more staff, raise the threshold of VAT, introduce a monopoly
tax to make it easier for firms to break into stagnating markets, change
copyright law to encourage innovation, switch to a straightforward sales tax
for greater transparency, improve infrastructure and transport links to make
trade more efficient, end different tax rates for different sources of income, start debates on
how best to fund local government and create a futures fund to ensure that we
leave our children a nest egg instead of crippling debt.
You may view some of what has been written above as being
wasteful, yet Westminster is wasting so much more through foreign military
bases, nuclear weapons, the undemocratic House of Lords, the excessive (and
exclusive) tax breaks to certain groups and individuals and much, much more. But none of the above is possible with a ‘no’,
only ‘Yes’ empowers us to decide what values we want to live by. We know that we’re getting a raw deal from Westminster
but this will only change when we become independent.
You ain't going to find Robin Hood at Westminster! |
Voting ‘Yes’ gives us choices. What we do will be up to us. Voting ‘no’ means that the powers that be
will remain tax free.
And I don’t want that!
Drew
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