Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters

Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by saiya-jin on Sunday June 05, 2016 @05:41PM (#11843272)

ok let's get down back to earth and reality - it's their country, they are a bit hardcore christians, and since they don't bow to anybody but themselves, they can choose to do whatever they deem good for their society. Most armed and most free nation said it's opinion and I have to agree with them on this one. One's freedom ends where other's begins.

If similar vote would be done now in countries around europe, results would be pretty similar.

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by rbanffy on Monday June 06, 2016 @07:48AM (#11846026)

I am pretty sure the ISIS guys being pretty hardcore Wahhabis Muslims doesn't exactly makes us comfortable with mass executions, does it? One's freedom may end where other's begins but how far can the other deny freedoms to one and still claim it's an exercise of other's freedom?

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by saiya-jin on Monday June 06, 2016 @11:49AM (#11847643)

These lines are blurry to the point of invisibility, that's why they had public vote (and for other reasons). See, what I find perfectly OK for given situation, you don't. Majority decided as they did. There might be a million Swiss citizens which agree with you, another million (or two) who don't care much but the rest expressed their opinion.

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by rbanffy on Monday June 06, 2016 @01:01PM (#11848252)

Majorities decided for Nazism and we can all see it was a stupid decision. Having massive popular support only makes an idea popular, not right.

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