#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty Scottish referendum: World’s first vote on economic inequality http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/scottish-referendum-the-worlds-first-vote-on-economic-inequality/article20489038/ When the Scots vote in their historic independence referendum next Thursday, Canadians, especially the Québécois, will be watching closely. Having held two sovereignty referenda, the Québécois may feel that they are the masters in such enterprises and that the Scots are their apprentices. In 1980, the Québécois voted No to sovereignty by a 60-40 margin, and in 1995, the No side prevailed by a mere one percentage point of the votes cast. In fact, the Scots are not replicating the earlier exercises in Quebec. Dressed in national garb, the people of Scotland are voting in the world’s first referendum on economic and political inequality...