- Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:33 pm
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The Swiss had the last votation of the year yesterday. Three initiatives were on the Federal ballot:
The Ecopop initiative
The Gold initiative
The Pauschalsteuer initiative.
The Ecopop initiative was the latest in a long line of anti-immigrant measures, this time brought by the Greens, that would limit Swiss population growth to 0.02% per year. It was opposed across the board, even by the right wing populist SVP (which normally inflicts the anti-immigrant/anti-foreigner/ anti-Muslim initiatives on us, on average one a year)
It was voted down by a surprisingly large 75% - 25%
The Gold initiative would have forced the Swiss national bank to increase it's gold reserves to 20% and keep the gold in CH (currently some of it is held in the UK and Canada) and was brought by a part of the SVP.
It was also hammered 77% to 23%
Finally the Pauschalsteuer initiative would have banned a lump-sum tax break that is paid by the rich to keep their taxes down. this one came from Switzerland's second biggest party, the SP (Social Democrats)
It was also voted down 60% - 40% but did actually pass one kanton. (initiatives need to get a majority of the popular votes and the Kantons)
The Ecopop initiative
The Gold initiative
The Pauschalsteuer initiative.
The Ecopop initiative was the latest in a long line of anti-immigrant measures, this time brought by the Greens, that would limit Swiss population growth to 0.02% per year. It was opposed across the board, even by the right wing populist SVP (which normally inflicts the anti-immigrant/anti-foreigner/ anti-Muslim initiatives on us, on average one a year)
It was voted down by a surprisingly large 75% - 25%
The Gold initiative would have forced the Swiss national bank to increase it's gold reserves to 20% and keep the gold in CH (currently some of it is held in the UK and Canada) and was brought by a part of the SVP.
It was also hammered 77% to 23%
Finally the Pauschalsteuer initiative would have banned a lump-sum tax break that is paid by the rich to keep their taxes down. this one came from Switzerland's second biggest party, the SP (Social Democrats)
It was also voted down 60% - 40% but did actually pass one kanton. (initiatives need to get a majority of the popular votes and the Kantons)
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