Well, holding a referendum in Switzerland means 100k citizens agree to put it up for referendum, nothing more, nothing less. It's not some kind of endorsement

Well, holding a referendum in Switzerland means 100k citizens agree to put it up for referendum, nothing more, nothing less. It's not some kind of endorsement of it as a good or feasible idea, unfortunately. As you point out, most pro basic-income people I've talked with here tend to hand-wave the "how do we pay for it" question as "implementation detail" or some idealistic rhetoric ("tax the rich more!") which is not encouraging me to vote in favor. I would be happy to give my vote to a proposal that included a budget proposition, or a rational analysis of feasibility. The current one doesn't (http://initiative-revenudebase.ch/initiative/ http://initiative-revenudebase.ch/initiative/)