Scottish Independence—Austerity Argument: Part 2

This is one of the most common arguments you will hear from Scottish independence supporters, the argument on austerity. It seems to me a lot of people fail to comprehend what austerity means and confuse a reduction in spending with that of cut backs, which are not the same thing. The austerity argument is all too common, not just in Scotland but UK wide.

People believe that in the past decade, Britain has faced austerity, therefore, it is a sign that the reason the Scottish nationalists in the yes campaign are calling out for Scottish independence is because they want to see increased government borrowing and spending. As I have explained on the austerity argument, Britain hasn't faced austerity and have given my clear reasons why.

The reality of Britain's debt situation sitting at a whopping £8.6 trillion in debt, it is truly remarkable that a number of folk out there in the yes campaign somehow believe that Scotland wouldn't take on the UK's debt or argue Scotland would only take on 8 or 10 percent of the UK's debt. There is a desperate attempt to differentiate Scotland from the UK debt which is erroneous, a large contributing factor to Britain's £8.6 trillion debt level are all the unpaid pensions.

Leading back to the argument of the self-serving government, this is will be inevitable as I have explained, the Scottish government will never be able to live up to the promises it makes to people just to win over the independence vote. England would force Scotland in the direction of lowering tax rates and it wouldn't sit well with those who would vote in favour of Scotland separating.