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I have no doubt that the islanders very much wish to be British subjects rather than left on their own (they would, in that case, quickly become Malvinians). But why should someone in Glasgow want to pay taxes to support them in living there permanently?

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> But why should someone in Glasgow want to pay taxes to support them in living there permanently?

you could have picked a better example, Scotland is a net drain on the UK treasury

why should someone in London pay to support people living in Glasgow permanently?

You should have picked a better example, Glasgow is a port city and almost certainly not a net drain; the rural parts of Scotland are. Just like all the rural parts of England, which leech of the English cities.

Just like all the rural parts of the US, which leech off the "coastal liberal elites."

> You should have picked a better example, Glasgow is a port city and almost certainly not a net drain

certainly true in the 1900s

unfortunately in the 2000s it's at the wrong side of the island

That was the point. If I had meant London, I would have used it.

This is how wealth redistribution works. This is how taxes work.

Yes, it is. But at a certain point you stop paying for people to live somewhere unsustainable and just pay them to leave, if it’s a financial decision.

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