Can anyone say if

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Well done Islay, you have hit the nail on the head. The SNP support needs to gives us some realistic ideas about how they would go about increasing Scots wealth. That's all that they need to do, in my opinion.

The same way Westminster has increased Scots wealth over the past say........... 40 years?

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The same way Westminster has increased Scots wealth over the past say........... 40 years?

Sorry just picked this up. At last you get the point. How is independence going to make Scotland richer? It's not about the Barnett Formula or Westminster imo. What is going to happen to Scotland that independence will make us wealthier? Who has policies that actually have some economic credibility? What are they? I am not expecting you to say what they are, but surely it is not unreasonable to ask the SNP MSP's how they intend to help Scotland to grow wealthier. As a starter, I would cancel the Green pact and get back to investing in the resources in the North Sea. Don't spend the revenue on current consumption but set up a sovereign fund like Norway.

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Sorry just picked this up. At last you get the point. How is independence going to make Scotland richer? It's not about the Barnett Formula or Westminster imo. What is going to happen to Scotland that independence will make us wealthier? Who has policies that actually have some economic credibility? What are they? I am not expecting you to say what they are, but surely it is not unreasonable to ask the SNP MSP's how they intend to help Scotland to grow wealthier. As a starter, I would cancel the Green pact and get back to investing in the resources in the North Sea. Don't spend the revenue on current consumption but set up a sovereign fund like Norway.

If you do not spend the revenue from the North Sea on current consumption to set up a sovereign fund like Norway were are you going to get the money to replace this revenue.
You cannot spend the same revenue from the North Sea twice.
I know that some pro independence supporters would do this to justify people being better off in an independent Scotland.