$2800 per month for every adult - Switzerland

[moosed]

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/2-800-month-every-adult-it-could-happen-switzerland-8C11354757

Reckon Daily Fail readers would go into meltdown if this happened in the UK

 

[DualityNSNO]

Denmark do it (IIRC), but to a much lower degree, I think theirs is 700 euro or so.

 

[neil999]

there is logic, benefit administration costs would be slashed for example..im sure there are economic consequences tho

 

[Kurt.]

I'm no economist by a very long shot but I recall reading something similar to this and the theory behind it was that if people didn't have money to spend it started a knock on effect for business and the economy in general..... By ensuring people hav the money to spend the economy continues to grow and business is general is able to attract further business, both national and international which would then lead to economic growth greater than the original outlay therefore negating the original debt...... Or something like that.

 

[orchard]

I wish the constituents of that over-paid waste of space called Westminster had some foresight, nads, responsibility and capacity to do the job they are supposed to do for our Nation/Citizens.

Feckless whoppers.

 

[bignev23]

If I move there and stay for 5 years do I get citizenship..... Checking the flights now!

£2800 a month,decent.

 

[EFCNIK]

Lol and it has one of the highest levels of immigration in Europe.

 

[Allezfan]

Lol and it has one of the highest levels of immigration in Europe.

They don't give out citizenship, though.

Their economy works on bringing in migrant workers who they can immediately kick out again the moment the economy drops.

 

[Tubey]

If I move there and stay for 5 years do I get citizenship..... Checking the flights now!

£2800 a month,decent.

It's dollars.

Still though, around £1750, not too shabby!

 

[chicoazul]

That's a many, many years of careful investing of Jewish gold teeth and stashed rare pieces of art the shameless Nazi befriending country of cow f*cking tits.

 

[bignev23]

It's dollars.

Still though, around £1750, not too shabby!

My mistake. I just seen ££££££

That's a many, many years of careful investing of Jewish gold teeth and stashed rare pieces of art the shameless Nazi befriending country of cow f*cking tits.

I wondered how they would fund it. They still have all that Nazi gold locked in them vaults then.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Switzerland is very socialist in its nature which is odd when you look at how it operates as a market.

Trams are fab !

 

[Mrk]

This would be a good idea if they introduced it as a negative income tax.

For those who work, it is essentially a $2,800 tax cut, just done in the wrong way.

 

[Philw]

The bill for that would be about £125b by my calculation (based on ~6m adults @ £1750/mth). That's for one year.

 

[Ratkiller]

Switzerland is very socialist in its nature which is odd when you look at how it operates as a market.

Trams are fab !

So is Britain.

Which again is odd given the government we've got.