r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 🫖 Mod ☕️ • Sep 14 '26

European Renaissance 🍾 🧀 🍻 🇬🇧The Future?

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u/abradubravka Sep 15 '26

And who paid for the infrastructure projects in Scotland I wonder?

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u/luxcity-louche Sep 15 '26

Scottish taxpayers of course.

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u/tree_boom Sep 15 '26

And English, Welsh and Northern Irish ones.

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u/luxcity-louche Sep 15 '26

You don't think more is taken in taxes from Scotland than is spent on infrastructure in Scotland?

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u/tree_boom Sep 15 '26

The opposite; more public money goes to Scottish infrastructure and services than it generates in revenue (which, to be clear, is perfectly fine by me).

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u/Electronic-Case2832 Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 17 '26

Unfortunately no, Holyrood spends on average about £1500 more per person per year than they raise in taxes. This amounts to a deficit of about 12%.

And that doesnt include any infrastructure or projects undertaken in scotland that arent run through Holyrood - the actual number would be a little higher.

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u/inminm02 Sep 15 '26

Holy fuck you’re delusional, Scotland as an independent country would have one of the highest budget deficits as a percentage of gdp in the western world, you are massively subsidised by England and Scottish tax revenue doesn’t come close to covering the amount of money spent on Scotland.

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u/abradubravka Sep 15 '26

I thought luxemburg was supposed to have a good education system?

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u/abradubravka Sep 15 '26

If only that was the case.