Swiss to vote on basic income benefit

[Benton]

(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..

http://taxfoundation.org/blog/how-scandinavian-countries-pay-their-government-spending

They tax fairly heavily, which shouldn't be a big surprise. The big thing though is they don't have the loopholes we do here. In Sweden, everyone pays taxes. In the U.S., it's only the middle class.