[{"id": 140225, "created": "2020-05-22T00:32:26.609000", "project_id": 467, "task_id": 90613, "user_id": 677, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-05-22T00:37:07.608892", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "", "graphelem": "Cross", "leafletBody": "It all adds up to a more prosperous Scotland. Yes Scotland. "}}, {"id": 140652, "created": "2020-05-31T18:09:08.735046", "project_id": 467, "task_id": 90613, "user_id": null, "user_ip": "192.59.15.106", "finish_time": "2020-05-31T18:35:42.829363", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"comments": "", "graphelem": "YesScotland logo, plus made up of 5 squares with images", "leafletBody": "It all adds up to a more prosperous Scotland.\r\n\r\nWe, like so many of you, believe that Scotland can achieve great things as an independent nation. We also understand that our enthusiasm must be counterbalanced by a need to answer the questions surrounding our ability to thrive with independence. Will we be wealthy enough to be an independent nation? Does it all add up?\r\n\r\nWell, the facts speak for themselves and our answer is unreservedly, unconditionally, yes. Our conclusion is also validated by documents published in February 2013 by a team of economic experts (including two international Nobel Laureates) who found that, even excluding oil and gas, our wealth per head is almost exactly the same as the UK average. \r\nSo here are the big questions, followed by a wealth of answers.\r\n\r\nCan Scotland afford to pay for its public services?\r\nIn 2011-12 public spending in Scotland took up 42.7% of GDP (our total national wealth) - lower than the UK (45.5%) and most other Western European nations.  \r\nDo we have a strong enough tax base?\r\nIn 2011-12 tax revenues in Scotland were equivalent to \u00a310,700 per person, compared to \u00a39,000 in the UK as a whole. Tax revenue has been higher in Scotland for each of the past 30 years.\r\nDo we have strong enough public finances?\r\nOver the past 5 years Scotland and the UK have both been 'in the red'. But Scotland's national accounts (all that we spend and all that we earn) have been \u00a312.6 billion healthier than the UK's over this period. \r\nIs there more to this than oil and gas?\r\nOil and gas are not the biggest part of our revenue. Even if they had been 29% lower over the past 5 years we would still have had healthier national accounts than the UK.\r\nCan we afford to pay for things like pensions and the welfare state?\r\nIn 2011-12 total spending in Scotland on 'social protection' (including pensions and benefits) was \u00a321.7 billion. In the past 5 years we've spent a lower share of our national wealth on pensions and benefits than the UK as a whole. \r\n\r\nA choice between two futures.\r\nWhich do you think is best for Scotland?\r\nA future with Westminster's unwelcome interference in Scottish society?\r\nA future with a new and better direction as an independent nation?\r\n\r\nThis is the choice you'll be asked to make in the 2014 Referendum for an independent Scotland.\r\nWe have the opportunity to take a different path. We can begin to build a society that better reflects Scotland's priorities.\r\nYes Scotland is the campaign for a Yes vote. Over the coming months, we will be giving you the chance to reflect on where Scotland is today, and what steps we need to take to create a better Scotland for the people who live here.\r\nCould Scotland be fairer? Could we be more prosperous? Could we be greener? Could we have our own voice in the world? There is a lot to think about between now and the referendum.\r\nIt's Scotland future. Whose hands do you think it should be in?\r\n\r\nDo you have a question about what a Yes vote in 2014 could mean for you?\r\nOnline: YesScotland.net/thinkaboutit\r\nEmail: info@YesScotland.net\r\nVisit: Yes Scotland, 136 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 2TG\r\nTelephone: 0141 221 4767\r\n\r\nIf you would like to get involved in the 'Yes' campaign.\r\nJoin in: YesScotland.net/imvotingyes\r\nShop: shop.YesScotland.net\r\nDonate: YesScotland.net/donate\r\nJoin: YesScotland.net/volunteer\r\n\r\nScotland's future in Scotland's hands."}}]