12 point plan for a Scottish Socialist Republic Scott Macdonald 12 years ago We want Scotland’s wealth shared out more equally The rich will pay higher taxes Our public services, including oil, fuel and transport, will be publicly owned Our minimum wage right now would be £8 an hour Wages, benefits and pensions will rise by £50 a week, across the board All our school children will get nutritious free school meals Supermarket prices will be frozen Women will get equal pay for equal work Young people will get the same national minimum wage as everyone else Nuclear weapons will be banned from Scottish territory The council tax will be scrapped in favour of a local tax where the rich pay their fair share Free public transport will be brought in to ease congestion, pollution and global warming Our young troops will be brought home from the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan