I voted yes....but felt like I'd been kicked in the ba's the day

[JackSnakes]

What a read this thread was.

A lot of the usual rhetoric Trident, Westmonster, no oil fund, being ruled by another country...blah blah. Yet as usual a lack of any real substance.

It seems the Nats still don't know the difference between debt and a deficit which would be mildly disturbing if it wasn't for the fact we all know there won't be a second referendum and there certainly will never be independence.

The Nats fail to share their ideas for paying for everything. i can't see anything other than austerity max and high taxes. Growing the economy will take decades and if by casting up £64trillion debt you mean Scotland will just borrow it like Westminster have done for years then I'd love to hear who's gonna lend IScotland the money with no LOLR and a made up currency.

I think I'd rather put my faith in those whose job it is to know these things rather than a bunch of opinionated amateurs who, frankly, know the square root of fk all about it.
There is no doubt there would have to be some savings found, and there is no doubt there would be a cost attached to becoming independent.
As has been previously mentioned, if that cost is too high for you then it is probably best if you just excuse yourself completely from the debate and put your wee 'X' in the 'No' box.
The very last thing an independent Scotland would need is a bunch of miserable passengers.
Much as the brexit stuff down here, it has happened, the turkeys voted for Christmas and now we all have to make the best of the mess they landed us in.
Mind you, there aren't quite so many extremists down here...

[Higgins09]

Bloody hell, even Wang's come out the closet (again) for this one.