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 tsotha on Saturday October 05, 2013 @03:10PM (#6501682)

Without border checkpoints official limits are sort of irrelevant, assuming you don't try to resell what you bought.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by Thrymr on Saturday October 05, 2013 @03:22PM (#6501724)

There are checkpoints, they are (usually) manned and funnel traffic through single lanes, it's just that they rarely actually stop people.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by mobiplayer on Sunday October 06, 2013 @11:47PM (#6506438)

That's how they work. I was stopped at one of those between France and Switzerland.

Stopped, searched (me, my gf at that time and the car) and drug-tested.

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Re:Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult by smoe on Sunday October 06, 2013 @03:13PM (#6505074)

That's the point. They do check quite a lot of people for undeclared goods. However they're no after those who buy stuff for themselves, but for example restaurant owners who try to smuggle in cheap meat in big quantities.

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