How do you vote when you have little or nothing to lose?
Whose message do you choose to hear, when you feel no one has been listening to you?
Mags Macdonald has lost a good deal over the past decade. She was working as a medical secretary when she was diagnosed with an acute psychiatric disorder. She had to give up her job and her two sons were taken into care. She now relies on government benefits, living on about 150 pounds a week (about $250) in a two bedroom apartment in Merkinch, Inverness, one of the most deprived areas in Scotland.
Inverness Castle and Ness Bridge in Inverness, Scotland on Sept. 28, 2008
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For Those With Less in Scotland, a Tough Vote on Independence
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