I can't believe the tripe coming from the yessers
Who is going to pay the benefits bill?
Scottish population approx 5,000,000
Those in work approx 2,600,000
Eg around 50%
Average Scottish salary, just under £20,000
Total earnings £5.2bn
That's £10,500 per head
Overall current UK population 64,000,000
Those in work approx 30,000,000
Approx 46%
Average uk salary £26000
Total earnings approx 78bn
That's over £12,000 per head
I can't be arsed to do any more calcs but simple fact is without overall uk propping up the scots salary your earnings per head will drop and your c