New Posts For Thread: Would Scotland be broke by now?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-nowHad it gone it alone? Given the plummeting price of oil.The High bus fares bolster the profits of one of the SNP's mainpaymasters so don't expect reductions anytime soon.ps Norway apparently now owns about 2% of the world's stock marketsand the people are starting to ask when some of the wealth will trickhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542731381#542731381The High bus fares bolster the profits of one of the SNP's mainpaymasters so don't expect reductions anytime soon.ps Norway apparently now owns about 2% of the world's stock marketsand the people are starting to ask when some of the wealth will trickFri, 19 Dec 2014 20:34:05 -0600If the price at pump has decreased, how come the bus fares haven't gone down?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542721023#542721023If the price at pump has decreased, how come the bus fares haven't gone down?Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:11:07 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720897#542720897Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:01:05 -0600a small brick tax could have payed dividends this yearhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720827#542720827a small brick tax could have payed dividends this yearFri, 19 Dec 2014 07:55:55 -0600deal with him later ,save the best till lasthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720705#542720705deal with him later ,save the best till lastFri, 19 Dec 2014 07:44:18 -0600I'm surprised that Alias hasn't been on to thank us for voting NO.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720513#542720513I'm surprised that Alias hasn't been on to thank us for voting NO.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:29:46 -0600roughly the ones i put up the raw product is down from over $100 dollers a barrel to below 60 gov should take same percentage cut ,so should everyone else imo dont forget at some point their will be no oil and the reliance on taxing it has to go thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720491#542720491roughly the ones i put up the raw product is down from over $100 dollers a barrel to below 60 gov should take same percentage cut ,so should everyone else imo dont forget at some point their will be no oil and the reliance on taxing it has to go theFri, 19 Dec 2014 07:27:22 -0600The problem is that it is becoming too dear to extract or at least some of it is.Something will have to give in the not too distant future. Better 25% of something than 50% of nothing as the old saying goes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720423#542720423The problem is that it is becoming too dear to extract or at least some of it is.Something will have to give in the not too distant future. Better 25% of something than 50% of nothing as the old saying goes.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:23:17 -0600Even if oil cost nothing & refining it & distributing it was free, petrol would still be 64p a litre due to duty tax & vat,so its never gonna reach the levels you suggest ,blame successive govts not profiteering.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720353#542720353Even if oil cost nothing & refining it & distributing it was free, petrol would still be 64p a litre due to duty tax & vat,so its never gonna reach the levels you suggest ,blame successive govts not profiteering.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:15:26 -0600What figures do you base that 80p a litre on? How much would Govt need to cut tax to make that feasible and what cuts would it involve?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30404503/would-scotland-be-broke-by-now?post_id=542720017#542720017What figures do you base that 80p a litre on? How much would Govt need to cut tax to make that feasible and what cuts would it involve?Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:40:04 -0600