Switzerland votes on world’s highest minimum wage

[VictorG]

That's a lot of Cheese!!

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[Baldy]

That's a lot of Cheese!!

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kalm just got wood.

[Chizzang]

Let me be the 1 billionth person to note: "This isn't likely going to work"
but Switzerland is an unusual country - so if there was any place on earth this kind of thing had a chance - its with the Swiss

[OL FU]

Let me be the 1 billionth person to note: "This isn't likely going to work"
but Switzerland is an unusual country - so if there was any place on earth this kind of thing had a chance - its with the Swiss

Well since I work enough hours for two jobs anyway, I think I will move to Switzerland and get two jobs

[CID1990]

Let me be the 1 billionth person to note: "This isn't likely going to work"
but Switzerland is an unusual country - so if there was any place on earth this kind of thing had a chance - its with the Swiss

im already researching their immigration laws and will fill everyone in once i have goid info

but im guessing we would have to
possess at least the talent level of a Tina Turner

[Ivytalk]

High minimum wage, no military industrial complex, tax haven. What's not to like?

[Chizzang]

High minimum wage, no military industrial complex, tax haven. What's not to like?

Well that's the post card hanging on the fridge anyway...

[Pwns]

Lots of gun ownership and no crazies shooting up schools, either.

[CID1990]

Lots of gun ownership and no crazies shooting up schools, either.

yeah im thinking theres something in the water

[BDKJMU]

NO- by 76.3%
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[Ivytalk]

NO- by 76.3%
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Swiss Conks.

[JohnStOnge]

NO- by 76.3%
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Thank goodness. Same old same old. Government of ANY country compelling ANY minimum wage is wrong because it's compelling people to pay more for something than it is worth. But this would've been REALLY over the top.

[SuperHornet]

High minimum wage, no military industrial complex, tax haven. What's not to like?

They may not have a MIC, but they DO have some semblance of a military, despite being the world's longest surviving official "neutral."

[CID1990]

High minimum wage, no military industrial complex, tax haven. What's not to like?

They may not have a MIC, but they DO have some semblance of a military, despite being the world's longest surviving official "neutral."

all men of fighting age are reservists (or something close to that)

they actually have a purer form of our own model

[kalm]

That's a lot of Cheese!!

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kalm just got wood.

Similar to unions, I'm neutral regarding the minimum wage and almost lean against it. That being said, I haven't seen anywhere with a high minimum wage that has tumbled into chaos.

[ASUG8]

kalm just got wood.

Similar to unions, I'm neutral regarding the minimum wage and almost lean against it. That being said, I haven't seen anywhere with a high minimum wage that has tumbled into chaos.

I'd say labor unions certainly took a toll on US manufacturing by artificially raising wages above the market rate. We won't get a steel industry back in the US because of it most likely.

[89Hen]

Let me be the 1 billionth person to note: "This isn't likely going to work"
but Switzerland is an unusual country - so if there was any place on earth this kind of thing had a chance - its with the Swiss

Kinda like Iceland and banking, or Portugal and drugs, or....

[kalm]

Let me be the 1 billionth person to note: "This isn't likely going to work"
but Switzerland is an unusual country - so if there was any place on earth this kind of thing had a chance - its with the Swiss

Kinda like Iceland and banking, or Portugal and drugs, or....

Ireland and neo-liberalism….

[bandl]

Let me be the 1 billionth person to note: "This isn't likely going to work"
but Switzerland is an unusual country - so if there was any place on earth this kind of thing had a chance - its with the Swiss

Kinda like Iceland and banking, or Portugal and drugs, or....

Rwanda and Genocide, or...

[Ivytalk]

Kinda like Iceland and banking, or Portugal and drugs, or....

Rwanda and Genocide, or...

Mexico and clean air, or...

[bandl]

Rwanda and Genocide, or...

Mexico and clean air, or...

Chinese and Asians, or....

[Ivytalk]

Mexico and clean air, or...

Chinese and Asians, or....

Haiti and the Clintons, or...

[bandl]

Chinese and Asians, or....

Haiti and the Clintons, or...

Louisiana and beastiality, or....


WAIT! What are we doing here?

[kalm]

Haiti and the Clintons, or...

Louisiana and beastiality, or....


WAIT! What are we doing here?

I think we were talking about Upstate NY and quality hooch, or...