Letters / Receive back less than we pay in
In reply to Graham Johnston, Maurice Mullay, and Theo Nicolson (Four reasons to vote NO; SN, 17/01/14)
“We benefit from higher public spending than the rest of the UK, but pay no more tax.”
Yes, we do get more money per head than the UK average, by about £1200. But to pay for it. We provide the Treasury with £1700 more per head in tax. See table below.
As for your disingenuous last point, a YES vote is not a vote for Alex Salmond any more than a no vote is a vote for Ed Miliband. Is it?
Alan Crowe
Schoolhouse
Aith
Bixter
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