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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
For Scotland to run a consistently larger deficit than the UK average suggests structural issues at play in its economy. Have these been hidden by being part of a larger entity?
Would leaving the UK force Scotland to face up to these issues which it hasn't had needed to so far, thanks to generous Westminster funding?
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They are simply spending what they are being given. The real problem is that they are being given too much of English money.
In the same way that the poorer EU nations, are propped up by money from the richer EU nations. Eg Poland benefits by a staggering 13bn Euros of net EU funding, and yet their core economy doesn't seem to be improving well enough to need less EU money year on year.
The free money gives the false impression that their economy is doing better than it actually is. There is no pressure to improve that situation themselves.