Time to Move to Switzerland

[mud]

Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9930O620131004

(Reuters) - Switzerland will hold a vote on whether to introduce a basic income for all adults, in a further sign of growing public activism over pay inequality since the financial crisis.

A grassroots committee is calling for all adults in Switzerland to receive an unconditional income of 2,500 Swiss francs ($2,800) per month from the state, with the aim of providing a financial safety net for the population.


Organizers submitted more than the 100,000 signatures needed to call a referendum on Friday and tipped a truckload of 8 million five-rappen coins outside the parliament building in Berne, one for each person living in Switzerland.


Under Swiss law, citizens can organize popular initiatives that allow the channeling of public anger into direct political action. The country usually holds several referenda a year.


In March, Swiss voters backed some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation.


A separate proposal to limit monthly executive pay to no more than what the company's lowest-paid staff earn in a year, the so-called 1:12 initiative, faces a popular vote on November 24.


The initiative's organizing committee said the basic income could partly be financed through money from social insurance systems in Switzerland.


The timing of the vote has yet to be announced, pending official guidance from the government.


(Reporting by Denis Balibouse, writing by Alice Baghdjian, editing by Gareth Jones)

[Viva]

Swiss women still don't know how to fuck.

[Bunion 2020]

I read that the GOP plans to introduce a similar bill here in the USofA.

[LightRanger]

I read that the GOP plans to introduce a similar bill here in the USofA.

Too bad Bernanke couldn't use his own theories on "helicopter money" and so much of the Fed's QE went into lining investor pockets and infrastructure projects in developing nations.

[Hugh Conway]

you forgot to mention the weed, dipshit mud

[fatnslow]

I think the 2500 swiss francs might buy a partial wheel of cheese and a small tube of KY. You need ALOT of KY with the SWISSMISS' since all swiss folks(pussy) are wrapped pretty tight. Only place I have been to where even the garbage stacked neatly and orderly.

[mud]

Swiss women still don't know how to fuck.

Plus it's like $20 bucks for a slice of bad pizza.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Bunion 2020]

Plus it's like $20 bucks for a slice of bad pizza.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

In all seriousness. If a bad slice is 20.00, how much would you be willing to drop on a good slice?

[Gripen]

Swiss women still don't know how to fuck.

Hmmmm.... I married a Swiss girl because she did know how to Fuck!!

[Charlie Don't Surf]

There is a completely separate initiative to have the minimum working wage set to 4000chf/month. Direct democracy is a hoot.

[fatnslow]

Hmmmm.... I married a Swiss girl because she did know how to Fuck!!

I bet she left the old country because she was sick of the dead fish , 4 minute missionary fuck BUT anything else was a Swiss Federal offense.

[NWskibum]

well damn... holding on to that swiss citizenship finally pays off! Probably a long shot that this passes but just under 70k a year between two people would be enough to ski bum around the Alps for a few years at least!

[Tippster]

$70k wouldn't go very far in Zurich vs. DC -- http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living...shington%2C+DC

[userA]

I think the 2500 swiss francs might buy a partial wheel of cheese and a small tube of KY. You need ALOT of KY with the SWISSMISS' since all swiss folks(pussy) are wrapped pretty tight. Only place I have been to where even the garbage stacked neatly and orderly.

better tight imo
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