[Kozak]

80%of Scotland’s economy is government based, either from government employment or welfare payments. It’s a huge sink for funds from the south.

[packrat35]

It seems that most of FR don’t know how much of a socialist parasite Scotland is to England? It sucks up vast amounts of government benefits and contributes little financially.

[NVDave]

It’s nowhere near that high.

Government employment in Scotland is a bit under 25% (remember, their NHS means that most medical professionals are considered government employees) and they have about 11% of working age people on the dole.

If you look at the Scottish economy, they’re operating at a trade deficit without the North Sea oil, and they’d be just about break-even with the North Sea Oil included in their economic stats. That’s better than the US is doing...

[the scotsman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Scotland

[Reily]

I imagine that the English would not mind to be relived of the burden of paying their northern brethren’s bills!
Freedom from London then economic basket case with no basket instead of socialist paradise! That’ll show the English !