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Swiss Voters Reject an Unconditional Basic Income

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce an unconditional basic income. The plan was to give every citizen in the country around $2500 a month.

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce an unconditional basic income. The plan was to give every citizen in the country around $2500 a month, guaranteed, but final results showed the proposal winning just 23% of the vote. We hear from Rudolf Minsch, a member of the executive board of Economiesuisse, one of the country's federations for entrepreneurs and businesses.

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(Photo: A man throws a Swiss flag. Credit: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)

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Mon 6 Jun 2016 00:06GMT

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