Isn’t most of Scotland on the dole to some extent?
The European Union has a budget to pay for policies carried out at European level (such as agriculture, assistance to poorer regions, trans-European networks, research, some overseas development aid) and for its administration, including a parliament, executive branch, and judiciary that are distinct from those of the member states. These arms administer the application of treaties, laws and agreements between the member states and their expenditure on common policies throughout the Union. According to the European Commission, 6% of expenditure is on administration, compared with 94% on policies.[1] To pay for this, the EU had an agreed budget of €143 billion for the year 2014, representing around 1% of the EU-28's gross national income (GNI).[2] Prior to 2014, the EU had a budget of €864.3 billion for the period 2007–2013, representing 1.05% of the EU-27's GNI for the period.
Unemployment within Scotland hovers around 4.5-percent (more or less). The problem is that they only have a couple of industry segments (whiskey, textiles (wool-related), fishing, agriculture, and tourism). If you were 15 years old....it’s a pretty limited and marginal future in front of you.
I think the welfare angle is something out of the 1960s/1970s....it’s probably outdated and not accurate for today. If you asked some Scot about this whole EU thing....they just want the delicate and fragile trading situation to remain stable. Absolutely nothing should occur to disturb that trend.
One item which you might want to review is the map of districts and the last referendum vote. The dozen districts along the UK border? They voted almost 70-percent to remain within the UK. The further north you go...the less that the remain vote was. So there is some Scot-lite and Scot-extreme view on nationality.