A referendum to decide the introduction of a basic income system that can receive about 300,000 yen a month without starting work starts, what is the result?

BySteven Depolo

In Switzerland over the past few years, we will pay a monthly charge of CHF 2,500 (about 270,000 yen) to adult citizensBasic incomeCampaign to introduce the system has been carried out. Regarding the introduction of the basic income system that can earn the minimum income without working, there were both pros and cons, but the referendum was finally decided to decide the same system.

Switzerland's voters rejects basic income plan - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36454060


Switzerland adopts a mechanism called "citizen's inception" that can request the amendment of the Constitution by collecting more than 100,000 signatures. The campaign calling for the introduction of the basic income system succeeded in gathering more than 120,000 signatures in 2013, and since then some citizens have been doing activities. As a result of this activity, a referendum was planned in 2016, attracting worldwide attention.

To make a referendum in Switzerland to decide whether to introduce income security system that can receive 300,000 yen a month without working - GIGAZINE


A national referendum to decide the introduction of this basic income system was finally done, and it became clear that about 77% of the voters opposed the plan. In this proposal, it was planned that 2500 Swiss francs will be admitted to adults and 625 Swiss francs (about 68,000 yen) will be paid monthly to minors. The monthly salary is the amount set in consideration of the high price of Switzerland.

You can see how the introduction of the basic income system was not supported on the following page.

Vote results: June 5, 2016 - SWI swissinfo.ch
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/results-votes-june-5th-2016-in-switzerland/42153620

The vote rate is "23.1%" for the introduction of the basic income system, while "76.9%" for the opposite. In all 23 states of Switzerland, the opposing votes exceeded the favorable votes.


The map which visualized the vote rate for each province is the following image. The closer to dark brown, the more votes are shown, and the closer to blue it indicates that there are more votes in favor. As you can see at a glance, you can see that there are no more than 50% of favorite votes and less than 20% of votes in about half of the states.


Supporters of introducing the system said that the work is being automated more and less, the number of jobs has decreased and workers are decreasing, "he said of the need for a basic income. However, few politicians supported the introduction of the basic income system, and it seems that there were no politicians with such opinions in Congress. The critic also said that for basic income that the minimum income is obtained even if it does not work, "It is bad for society that the connection between work and money obtained as a consideration is separated" It shows a negative view.

However, it can be seen from the fact that the national referendum was held, it is also true that more than 100,000 signatures agreeing to introduce the basic income system gathered.

ByStanjourdan

"If Switzerland was an island, the answer could have been yes, but the Swiss border is open, and the current high standard of living is given to the Swiss National People's Party," Ruizi Stam, right wing member of the Swiss People's Party, It is impossible to introduce it, if it is decided to pay money to all Swiss people, many people have flowed into Switzerland, "he disagrees with the introduction of the basic income system I will tell you the reason.

Regarding the introduction of the basic income system, discussions are also being held in other countries. For example, in Finland, attempts by the government to provide basic income to 8,000 low-income groups are being considered. Besides, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the test plan on basic income is scheduled to start in January 2017.