i think the 99% would have been a lot more successful, if it was a bit more defined. Like giving a clear cutoff point for wealth for example.
People do not trust the government in handling such a tax legislation. (albeit i admit people do not like fing around with taxes in general)
Not saying if they did that, they would have had a ‘yes’ (since again people do not like to f around with taxes), but at least the ‘no’ would not be as clear.
Just to clarify. This auslandschweizerin voted ‘Ja’ x2.
These results reassured me that Switzerland is a nation of chads
At least most of the time
It’s rare that the results are exactly what I wished for.
The 99% Initiative was a very bad undclear Construct. The Juso fucked it up big Time.
The 99% initiative was pure discrimimation. We, the 99% against that bad, bad 1%.
The gay-marriage initiative was about ending discrimination. We, who allow marriage to a broader spectrum of people in love.
So, kinda win for everyone who is against discrimination.
The main issue with the initiative was that it did not make a difference between capital income gained from stocks you inherited or bought with your vast wealth and stocks from a company you founded yourself and just so happened to become very successful. I can see the point for the first scenario, but the second one really would have enshrined a preference for employeeship over entrepreneurship.
It was one of the most successful tax-initiatives ever. Changing taxation is hard already, getting 1/3 of the voters to agree is already pretty impressive.
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i think the 99% would have been a lot more successful, if it was a bit more defined. Like giving a clear cutoff point for wealth for example.
People do not trust the government in handling such a tax legislation. (albeit i admit people do not like fing around with taxes in general)
Not saying if they did that, they would have had a ‘yes’ (since again people do not like to f around with taxes), but at least the ‘no’ would not be as clear.
Just to clarify. This auslandschweizerin voted ‘Ja’ x2.
These results reassured me that Switzerland is a nation of chads
At least most of the time
It’s rare that the results are exactly what I wished for.
The 99% Initiative was a very bad undclear Construct. The Juso fucked it up big Time.
The 99% initiative was pure discrimimation. We, the 99% against that bad, bad 1%.
The gay-marriage initiative was about ending discrimination. We, who allow marriage to a broader spectrum of people in love.
So, kinda win for everyone who is against discrimination.
The main issue with the initiative was that it did not make a difference between capital income gained from stocks you inherited or bought with your vast wealth and stocks from a company you founded yourself and just so happened to become very successful. I can see the point for the first scenario, but the second one really would have enshrined a preference for employeeship over entrepreneurship.
It was one of the most successful tax-initiatives ever. Changing taxation is hard already, getting 1/3 of the voters to agree is already pretty impressive.