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Swiss to vote on basic income benefit
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(05-05-2016, 11:16 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That is for each adult, each child would also get $650/mo.  That makes $6500/mo. for a typical family of 4.  For those making above that, up to that amount is tax free..  That Nation must be wicked rich to be able to even consider that sort of hand out..

They have a very stable economy, one of the highest incomes per-capita in the world, very low unemployment, and they usually run a balanced budget in recent years, actually reducing their public debt.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR





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RE: Swiss to vote on basic income benefit - Belsnickel - 05-05-2016, 11:31 PM

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