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Re:Idea of paying citizens a yearly stipend is gaining suppo... by personlurking on Friday June 12, 2015 @09:59AM (#9705874)
> abolish Swiss army

In the "Would you be willing to fight for your country?" image [1] that's been circulating, Switzerland comes in at 39% (and the US at 44%). That said, I cannot account for the methodology used in this alleged poll.

http://i.imgur.com/pYQkLUi.png

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Re:Idea of paying citizens a yearly stipend is gaining suppo... by icebraining on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:58AM (#9706276)
Lies, damned lies and surveys. The actual question was "If there were a war that involved <country>, would you be willing to fight for your country?" which is much more ambiguous. For example, technically the Iraq War involved my country (our PM was the butler in the meeting in Azores where they declared war, and we deployed troops there), but it wasn't a fight for our country like the short version of the question implies.
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