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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by throwaway2037 on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:15PM (#48463056) 

    > Geneva has the highest minimum wage in the world
I was surprised when I read this, but I Googled, and it looks true. Minimum wage in Geneva is 24.59 CHF per hour. Wow! With 1.5 working parents, you can definitely live on 1.5 * 2000 * 24.59 CHF = 73,770 CHF (92.5K USD) per year in Geneva. (To be clear: I am not writing this sarcastically. I think 74K CHF per year will definitely not be "working poor" in Geneva.)
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by throwaway85825 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @03:07AM (#48472552)
Nominal is an utterly useless metric. The value of something is what you can get for it in trade.
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