Actually the Swiss have not voted on it yet. A minimum of hundred thousand signatures were needed to get it as a question on a future referendum. That was achieved earlier this year. The referendum is suppose to be in 2016 so the campaign is just beginning, but a panel associated with referendum questions advised the Swiss populace that in their opinion it was a bad idea.
Harry On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:06 PM, a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been writing about the coming high rate of permanent unemployment > that I expect. An unconditional income to everyone is one the few ideas > that shows promise. I was surprised to see that a large experiment has > actually been carried out in India and the results are fascinating. > Whether that will apply to a more developed country remains to be seen. > Switzerland voted it down quite recently. I expect the major difficulty > here to try it would be the GOP, but logically that does not make sense. > > Thanks for linking the video. > > Adrian Ashfield >
