village idiot Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Mate voting after work is verging on no - 2 reasons he is giving: 'Listened to an impartial economist on newsnight last night who said we will be paying 8/9 pence more in income tax under independence' and 'what about the 400 million cuts to the NHS'? Anybody help - I'm not so good at answering these things. Every vote vital i'd say Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The NHS cuts are efficiency savings which will be ploughed back into the health service. And if anything they are an argument for voting Yes and having full control of our health budget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 comes highly recommended - download a pdf here http://wingsoverscotland.com/weebluebook/ page 20 for the NHS arguments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilly71 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Why don't u google this stuff? Plenty answers on t'internet. Got no time to help sorry, just popping down for my second stint at polling station. Internet has all the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 For the last 4 years who has resisted cuts to the NHS in Scotland ? The Scottish Parliament, much to the enragement of the Daily Mail's readership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Jim Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 https://twitter.com/flemingaa/status/511979146944069632/photo/1 This was a reply from a doc to the NHS scare story from BT the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 You vote first and if you can't change his mind keep him locked up until 10pm.God will forgive you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dod Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 What was the "impartial economists" name? On the BBC? Scotland would be running at a lower deficit than rUK. Sounds fishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The NHS cuts mentioned are in the context of being in the union, not of independence. They will happen in the event of a no vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Scotland balance of payments would be far healthier than the current rUKs. Why would income tax go up? J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00446013.pdf The rankings are dominated by small independent countries with 7 of the top ten nations in the OECD in 2012 having populations of less than 10 million people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
village idiot Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Cheers - I have sent him these (apart from locking him up - don't have opportunity to do that!!). He is the tightest person I know and under other circumstances would just tell him to **** off but votes too important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hessen Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Cheers - I have sent him these (apart from locking him up - don't have opportunity to do that!!). He is the tightest person I know and under other circumstances would just tell him to **** off but votes too important lend him the 9 pence until it's over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis_trap Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Those issues are ones of policy - long term they depend on the governments we elect. Does he want the decision made at Holyrod or Westminster ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Can you borrow a tenner off him for the day? At the end of the day gie him a pound back and say "there's your money back you whinging subsidy junkie" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Eagle Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Show him: Iain MacWhirter's Opinion leader in today's Herald - it's titled (as another poster showed) "Westminster will return to business as usual if it's a no" It's all there! Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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