Quote Originally Posted by deecom View Post
i joined the Scottish National Party in 1965 when Arthur Donaldson, {Dundee born }was the leader.
i always dreamt that one day we would become The Republic of Scotland.
i never kept up my membership, but myself and many others continued to vote for SNP candidates that would not be elected,
but this helped to raise the profile of the party to where it is today.
i have many friends who are active with the SNP, but i have become disillusioned with the SNP.
I have a few gripes, but the main two are,-....
i do not see the point of becoming independent, then being dictated by the EU.
The one that upsets me most is the LOCAL INCOME TAX which was in the 2009 manifesto, at last we had politicians thinking outside the box. then after talks with other parties they reneged on the policy.
the local income tax was a fair proportional tax which was based on your income.
now forevermore we have a property tax that is based on the value of your house and your area, your income or ability to pay is not considered.
Are you aware that Arthur Donaldson was interred during the Second World War because it was believed that hewas a Nazi sympathiser https://infogalactic.com/info/Arthur_Donaldson
He was also Editor of the Forfar Despatch newspaper.
In my opinion including Local Income Tax to replace the Council Tax in the 2009:SNP manifesto was a con to try to get votes
The SNP leaders had never worked out the cost of a Local Income Tax and how it would be implemented in each Council area.
This simple solution is to replace the council tax with a local sales tax. If theyncan have a local sales tax in America surely it cannot be beyond the Scottish Parliament MSPs to introduce a local sales tax in Scotland especially as 76% of the total council tax expenditure is paid by the Scottish Government thanks to bloc grant from Westminster.