Daily Mail
Swiss government proposes paying everyone £1,700 a month whether they work or not in a bid to end poverty… but insists most people will still want to get a job
- Swiss residents to vote on referendum to guarantee basic monthly income
- It would be first country in the world to introduce unconditional income
- Radical plan was proposed by group of intellectuals
Swiss residents are to vote on a countrywide referendum about a radical plan to pay every single adult a guaranteed income of £425 a week (or £1,700 a month).
The plan, proposed by a group of intellectuals, could make the country the first in the world to pay all of its citizens a monthly basic income regardless if they work or not.
But the initiative has not gained much traction among politicians from left and right despite the fact that a referendum on it was approved by the federal government for the ballot box on June 5.
Swiss residents could get a guaranteed monthly basic income of £1,700 a month regardless if they work or not
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