David Cantrell wrote:
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 09:05:20PM +0100, ian wrote:

So how would you apportion the national debt if Scotland became
independent? On a per capita basis, on a per head basis ...

Those are the same thing!

Not necessarily. A Latin master told us that "per capita" was to be
preferred to "per head" as it avoided arguments as to whether a man
should count the same as 2 women

In his (my?) defence, it was (a) a boys only school and (b) 50 years
ago.
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Robin
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