The Danish comparison

Gordon Brewer and Newsnight Scotland picked up where Raymond Buchanan left off on Good Morning Scotland this morning. It's taken it upon itself to have a dig at the Yes campaign's comparisons with Denmark by pointing out that Danish taxes are high. So what? Danish taxes are high because that's what Danes vote to do with their national wealth. We could do the same or we could do something different. The point of the comparison is about their wealth, not how fairly they choose to share it out. They are comparable to us, in size and resources. They are a wealthy, successful country with, as it happens, some of the happiest citizens in the world.