Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters
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#3It's too early to say that. The urban cantons did not finish counting, especially Zurich, Basel, Bern and Geneva. I'd expect that there will be 30% yes votes, but of course there are always surprises.
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#4I wish I would live in a country where essential political decisions like that are made by the people and not by some professional political elite in a far away capital.
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#5Change the title? It's misleading to imply the results are final.
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#6I wish I would live in a country where essential political decisions like that are made by the people and not by some professional political elite in a far away capital.
Sorry to burst your bubble but direct democracy doesn't work everywhere by default.
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#7I wish I would live in a country where essential political decisions like that are made by the people and not by some professional political elite in a far away capital.
The downside are populistic decisions like the Swiss minaret referendum. Now we have the sentence «The construction of minarets is prohibited.» in the constitution. (https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/...)
I think such regulations should be decreed as a law and not as a constitution norm if at all. But if everybody has a say you get bikeshedding in the constitution.
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#8Not happy with the headline. They voted no for an "unconditional" basic income. I think that is a huge difference, especially when a majority of the voters also want immigration reform.
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#10I wish I would live in a country where essential political decisions like that are made by the people and not by some professional political elite in a far away capital.
Sorry to burst your bubble but direct democracy doesn't work everywhere by default.
There's no bubble. I agree with you. That's why I am in favor of small countries or at least largely federal structures. And obviously against large undemocratic bureaucratic constructs like the European Union.