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The reason goods cost more in Scotland, is due to the dissipation of a small population over a large and difficult-to-access geography.

Currently, the UK Government affords a degree of protection, by either subsidising, or constraining how much companies can 'overcharge' for deliveries to remote locations. This form of defence would evaporate in an independent Scotland, resulting in higher costs vis-a-vis distribution.

Unless the Scottish Government plans to either subside things themselves (bottomless-pit-syndrome in action again), or increase the taxes of these companies direct - which would simply see them withdraw from an unprofitable market, impacting the lives of everyone who lives in a rural community.

[QUOTE="Grasshopper, post: 2469924, member: 65342"] The reason goods cost more in Scotland, is due to the dissipation of a small population over a large and difficult-to-access geography. Currently, the UK Government affords a degree of protection, by either subsidising, or constraining how much companies can 'overcharge' for deliveries to remote locations. This form of defence would evaporate in an independent Scotland, resulting in higher costs vis-a-vis distribution. Unless the Scottish Government plans to either subside things themselves (bottomless-pit-syndrome in action again), or increase the taxes of these companies direct - which would simply see them withdraw from an unprofitable market, impacting the lives of everyone who lives in a rural community. [/QUOTE]

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