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Old 23rd Dec 2015, 03:07
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The Old Fat One
 
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Somewhat more amusingly, the idea of no taxation without representation goes to the heart of democracy and is embedded in the civil society or every mature democratic nation on earth (one assumes an independent Scotland would wish to aspire to join this club?).

Or put another way...

"Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.'' — Oliver Wendell Holmes

In short there is a symbiotic and binding relationship between the tax payer and the tax collecting state.

Which is a posh way of saying from 1 April 2016, I'm as Scottish as wee Tam McTavish of Govan. And a **** load more Scottish than Sean Connery.
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