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   David Edmunds  wrote in   
   news:c7f1b2d2-46df-40af-a33d-1e1349c51301@googlegroups.com:   
      
   >>   
   >> "Even the First Minister now accepts that fiscal autonomy would be a   
   >> burden for Scotland to shoulder. They are demanding something they   
   >> don't want so that they can complain when they don't get it."   
   >>   
   >> Mr Hosie described the claims as "ludicrous". He said: "The UK had a   
   >> deficit of around œ75bn in the most recent financial year - so by his   
   >> bizarre logic, Westminster would have had to raise taxes by œ75bn in   
   >> a single year to be financially viable.   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >> http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/snp-plans-will-force   
   >> -in   
   > come-tax-to-double-1-3801144   
   >   
   > Who reads the Scotsman these days?   
   >   
   > David Martin Edmunds   
   >   
   > PS Scotland built up a cumulative negative deficit of 70 BILLION   
   > between 1981 and 2008.   
      
   .. otherwise known as a surplus. It is a bizarre claim. Every country   
   in the world, other than a couple oil rich Gulf states runs a deficit.   
      
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