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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by ojii on Saturday October 05, 2013 @01:54AM (#6499591)
Yes we Swiss have this weird habit of voting against things that look like they would be a benefit for us (in the short term). I voted against more paid holidays as I think 4 weeks (minimum) is enough and forcing everyone to raise it to 5 would hurt the economy. Similarly I'd vote against this proposed bill if I still lived in Switzerland as I don't see how it could work, despite it being generally an intriguing idea.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by ddoolin on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:04AM (#6499621)
Now I'm curious about the possibility of immigrating to Switzerland...

Ha. Sort of seriously.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by seanmcdirmid on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:10AM (#6499651)
Get a job there first, it's not hard to get a sponsored working visa and Swiss has a high amount of foreign workers. Work there for 10 years then have the canton vote for your citizenship, if it's a big canton it might just be a committee; they'll inspect your house to make sure you are Swiss enough. You should master one Swiss language quickly (whatever canton you are in), and should probably brush up on another.

Edit: it might not be the canton that votes for you, but the commune. I get these confused all the time.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by zalew on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:29AM (#6499699)
Just keep in mind you may get a fine for taking a shower late in the evening. And that you most friendly neighbor will turn into a snitch after any violation of yours, especially since you're an auslander. I mean, Switzerland is a lovely country, but some laws regarding cohabitation around there are really anal. On the flipside, whenever my neighbor starts mowning his damn lawn when I'm healing my hangover on sunday, I wish I was there. Grass is greener on the other side. In general, it's a gorgeous country.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by alternize on Saturday October 05, 2013 @06:45AM (#6500251)
you may get fine for taking a shower late in the evening erhm... no. while there might be house rules set by the lessor which prevents certain things that might disturb other inhabitants, it's not a law.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by zalew on Saturday October 05, 2013 @06:29PM (#6502318)
> certain things that might disturb other inhabitants

isn't a loud shower that certain thing?

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by alternize on Sunday October 06, 2013 @07:24AM (#6503756)
you might receive notice for your apartment for doing too much of those things, but certainly no fine for showering.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by pyritschard on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:04AM (#6499628)
I voted against 6. I probably would have voted for 5 which many companies already allow.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by sschueller on Saturday October 05, 2013 @03:36AM (#6499871)
Because 6 was just too much. Most people would have votes for 5 since a lot already get that. 6 was just too greedy.
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by psuter on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:00AM (#6499610)
We were going for 6, actually :P
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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by ojii on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:07AM (#6499639)
Ah my bad, only a year ago and I already forgot (we do vote 4 times a year though, so hard to keep track of everything). 6 is even sillier in my opinion.
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