Section 8.5. The Scots Pound is issued free of debt by the Central Bank of Scotland and in Scotland is the sole legal tender and circulating medium of exchange comprising cash or credit instruments. The origination or placing into circulation of any other money or money substitute shall be an act of counterfeit
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Section 8.5. Section 8.5. The Scots Pound is issued free of debt by the Central Bank of Scotland and in Scotland is the sole legal tender and circulating medium of exchange comprising cash or credit instruments. The origination or placing into circulation of any other money or money substitute shall be an act of counterfeit
Section 8.5. This should be removed entirely. All money is debt - a £10 note is a liability - or IOU - of the state. The £80 billion of UK bank notes are recorded in the Bank of England accounts as a debt of the central bank. It is therefore impossible to have debt free money in a modern economy as that would violate the rules of double entry accounting. The only thing you could in some sense consider to be 'debt free' is a coin IF the metal content equals or exceeds the face value.
Section 8.5. This is indeed the orthodoxy of fractional reserve banking – and straight out of the Economics student notes. Other notes are available here http://www.scottishmonetaryreform.com Our MPs have amply demonstrated that they need the help of the Constitution to confront this elephant in the room – and the gobbledegook that goes with its vested interests. Left to the politicians Edinburgh would become no more than a branch of Wall Street and the City of London - with all that implies…
Section 8.5. The original Section is expressing the principle that the guarantee of the State and its taxpayers will no longer be available to private credit created by banks. Banks may however borrow from the Central Bank which can then regulate how it is used. This would create stability and stop the Public Credit being freely available to speculative financial markets and commercial adventures
Section 8.5. Taxation shall be designed to incentivise environmentally & socially responsible behavior and focus upon consumption rather than penalizing earnings and profits. Land Taxation by way of Annual Ground Rent or a similar system will also assist in a fair, equitable and ant-avoidance tax regime.
Section 8.5. The whole of Article 8 is too detailed. So this is one of five Proposed Amendments all headlined NEW ARTICLE 8 and with active links to one another. Starting off without the baggage of debt and ‘financial custom’ government should commission a fundamental review of how it raises its revenue. Taxing & spending are two sides of the same coin and both can give direction to government policies.
Section 8.5. Section 8.5 The Scottish currency, as designated and originated by the Scottish Government, is the sole legal tender and circulating medium of exchange comprising cash or credit instruments. The origination or placing into circulation of any other money or money substitute shall be an act of counterfeit.
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Original Version
Section 8.5. Section 8.5. The Scots Pound is issued free of debt by the Central Bank of Scotland and in Scotland is the sole legal tender and circulating medium of exchange comprising cash or credit instruments. The origination or placing into circulation of any other money or money substitute shall be an act of counterfeit
Section 8.5. This should be removed entirely. All money is debt - a £10 note is a liability - or IOU - of the state. The £80 billion of UK bank notes are recorded in the Bank of England accounts as a debt of the central bank. It is therefore impossible to have debt free money in a modern economy as that would violate the rules of double entry accounting. The only thing you could in some sense consider to be 'debt free' is a coin IF the metal content equals or exceeds the face value.
Section 8.5. This is indeed the orthodoxy of fractional reserve banking – and straight out of the Economics student notes. Other notes are available here http://www.scottishmonetaryreform.com
Our MPs have amply demonstrated that they need the help of the Constitution to confront this elephant in the room – and the gobbledegook that goes with its vested interests. Left to the politicians Edinburgh would become no more than a branch of Wall Street and the City of London - with all that implies…
Section 8.5. It is Modern Monetary Theory and thus not classical economics. This section is a nonsense and should be removed as I said.
Section 8.5. The original Section is expressing the principle that the guarantee of the State and its taxpayers will no longer be available to private credit created by banks. Banks may however borrow from the Central Bank which can then regulate how it is used. This would create stability and stop the Public Credit being freely available to speculative financial markets and commercial adventures
Proposed Amendment to Section 8.5.
NEW ARTICLE 8 - Taxation
Section 8.5. Taxation shall be designed to incentivise environmentally & socially responsible behavior and focus upon consumption rather than penalizing earnings and profits. Land Taxation by way of Annual Ground Rent or a similar system will also assist in a fair, equitable and ant-avoidance tax regime.
Section 8.5. The whole of Article 8 is too detailed. So this is one of five Proposed Amendments all headlined NEW ARTICLE 8 and with active links to one another. Starting off without the baggage of debt and ‘financial custom’ government should commission a fundamental review of how it raises its revenue. Taxing & spending are two sides of the same coin and both can give direction to government policies.
Proposed Amendment to Section 8.5.
Origin and control of currency
Section 8.5. Section 8.5 The Scottish currency, as designated and originated by the Scottish Government, is the sole legal tender and circulating medium of exchange comprising cash or credit instruments. The origination or placing into circulation of any other money or money substitute shall be an act of counterfeit.
Proposed Amendment to Section 8.5.
Remove Section
Section 8.5. Remove Section 8.5 entirely
Section 8.5. Sections cannot be withdrawn as they may well already have been voted. However the effect is achieved by the amendment process. Simply select tab 'rank by most voted' and the dominant amendment replaces a less popular version.