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03208 Re: Helicopter Money Arrives: Switzerland To Hand Out $2500 Monthly To All Citizens
   Keep us posted on this, De. Zim.
Zimbler0   POPE IV   30 Jan 2016
7:51 PM
03198 Re: Helicopter Money Arrives: Switzerland To Hand Out $2500 Monthly To All Citizens
   LOL I could live very well on $2500 a month, anymore.............. And...
capt_nemo   POPE IV   30 Jan 2016
9:30 AM

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Re: Helicopter Money Arrives: Switzerland To Hand Out $2500 Monthly To All Citizens

By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Sat, 30 Jan 16 9:28 AM
Msg. 03197 of 47202
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The side effects of this referendum would include sky-high income taxes on income above $2,500 per month, enormous unemployment as people decide it's not worth trying to earn more than $2,500 per month, massive price inflation and huge numbers of businesses fleeing the country or folding.

My bet? It'll never happen. But it sure would be fun to watch if it did.

Switzerland had a referendum in 2014 to set a minimum wage of 22 francs/hour. (That's about $22/hour right now, since francs and dollars are practically at parity.) It failed with just 25 percent support. However, its failure was probably at least in part due to the fact that most Swiss voters wouldn't have benefited from the referendum. This new referendum is a different story. It might just pass. 




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