Time for some sense. Hopefully, in an independent scotland, we can ditch the vote winning policies that salmond cooked up to ensure he stays in power. 1, no FREE prescriptions for those earning over 20k. 2, households with combined income of 40k plus are exempt from council tax freezes. 3, goods vehicles pay a charge to use both forth road bridges. 4, no one without a job gets free handouts. Anyone unemployed for over a year are made to work or have benefits slashed. I have seen countless labourers on building sites who are keen as mustard. Pay the benefits straight to the employer who then have to add a further percentage for 6 months. Make this scheme so that each employer can only use it three times. This will stop them getting cheap labour and ditching them when the trial runs out. 5, give the disabled self respect back. By all means use the tests to see who is entitled but ask doctors to carry out the tests instead of silly points allocation system. 6, make MPS accountable for their actions. Votes of no confidence can be passed if a certain percentage agree. Scotland is not a huge country, therefore there is no need to have a second home near Westminster. By all means pay them a large salary but that is it. Let them claim £5 a day for subsistence lime the rest of us. THATS JUST FOR STARTERS. I DO NOT MIND PAYING EXTRA IN TAXES AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT SQUANDERED.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:44:10 +0000