Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult

Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by tikhonj on Saturday October 05, 2013 @01:45AM (#6499571)

For reference, I currently live in Berkeley. While not quite as expensive as SF, it's pretty close. I also live in one of the somewhat less cheap parts of the city (northside)--my rent is much higher than it could be. On the other hand, I do have a roommate--it all comes back to being young and single (but, again, not frugal).

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by jamesaguilar on Saturday October 05, 2013 @01:49AM (#6499578)

I'm just gonna throw this out there as a fellow Bay Area person. I like bragging about how bad I have it as much as the next social network self-flaggelator.

But our costs aren't even remotely comparable to Zurich's. You need a lot more money to live there, especially if you even semi-regularly go out to eat. It's bad enough that when Swiss people come back through customs from other countries, their trunks are searched for groceries, not drugs.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by lifeisstillgood on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:21AM (#6499679)

Well at least no-one tries wrapping an artichoke in a condom and swallowing it to get past customs.

Not even the Swiss German speakers ;-)

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by lostlogin on Saturday October 05, 2013 @05:39AM (#6500126)

I assumed I had missed a story. I've just run the oddest google search I've tried in the last little while.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by lifeisstillgood on Saturday October 05, 2013 @08:24AM (#6500469)

possibly the last remaining googlewhack ? :-)

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