Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters

Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by Houshalter on Sunday June 05, 2016 @10:24AM (#11841104)

The argument against direct democracy is that the population isn't very informed. Not necessarily that they are selfish.

Even in the US, voters often tend to vote against their own self interest. E.g. people that stand to benefit from social programs often vote for conservatives against social programs.

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by Godel_unicode on Monday June 06, 2016 @01:38AM (#11844871)

Could it be that those people think that more social programs would only be in their self-interest in the short term, and are taking a longer view (as appears to have just happened in Switzerland)?

Why is anyone who votes against short-term self-interest automatically uninformed?

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by rayvd on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:27AM (#11847470)

This.

However, I think the prevailing thinking will lean more and more towards voting for the free stuff. Someone else is paying for it, right?

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