Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters

Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by alkonaut on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:38AM (#11841491)

"Keep a reserve" is the hard part. Most countries are in debt. Even if you have a reserve to begin with we can disregard it as a temporary luxury - long term the budget must be in balance or the reserve will disappear.

If you vote for "2% raised taxes" or "expand railway network" only the combination (yes, yes) and (no, no) can balance the budget. People would likely vote against the tax increase but for the infrastructure investment.

And even if you could afford it - how do you prioritize it against something else that was also accepted through referendum?

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by jdavis703 on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:58AM (#11841562)

It's quite common to have both bundled together when voting on ballot measures. In the East Bay there was recently a proposition to expand public transport via a temporary increase in sales tax called measure BB.

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