Waking up to a breakfast in bed and a glass of orange juice
is a lot more relaxing then an article about how 90% of Scots are living off
government support. The socialists utopia of 'take and give' seems to hit a
real life snag when the takers exceeds the givers; by a mile. Is Canada headed
in this direction?
Nine in ten Scots 'living off state's patronage'
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader, is to highlight official figures showing that only 283,080 households north of the border – 12 per cent of the total – pay more in tax than they receive in public services.She will tell delegates that, because the public sector is seen as the key provider of everything from housing to employment, state spending now accounts for more than half Scotland’s wealth.She will blame Alex Salmond, the SNP First Minister, and his Labour predecessors for nurturing a “corrosive sense of entitlement” among voters that has prevented her party making a comeback in Scotland.Kenny Gibson, a Nationalist MSP, described it as Miss Davidson’s “Mitt Romney moment”. He added: “At least Mitt Romney only insulted around half of Americans, while Ruth Davidson believes almost 90 per cent of Scots do not 'contribute’ to society.”
