Re: Return devolved powers to Westminster
Originally Posted by
Bread
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Devolved parliaments should pay for their devolved policies through their own taxation systems. Scotland in particular should stop getting extra money from the UK tax payer when they should be raising their taxes to pay for them themselves. The voter should know who is paying for the stupid stunts and ideological bull$hit from the SNP.
TBH if JBR's proposition is to be given serious consideration, this is the only realistic way it could be done.
Because as you rightly point out, each and every voter should know exactly who is paying for what AND where the money has come from.
The technology already exists to ensure that a complete and accurate financial statement for any area should be possible at the press of a few buttons, so-to-speak.
So it
should be possible for citizens of any area to have a complete and accurate picture, thus avoiding many if not all of the deliberately misleading messages that dissenting factions currently use to their benefit.
The drawback of course is that areas are still so large that it is still open to dissenters who feel distanced from decisions; where I am on the coast for example is a long way from and a lot less populous than, say, Northampton or Leicester and with far different needs.
Maybe if we could abolish the HoL and replace it with a smaller but regional system based on the above ideas of devolved areas ...................................