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Immigration isn't that great in switzerland. It takes even longer than the USA to get citizenship. A high income is also good for saving, so you can bootstrap

by mahyarm 10y ago

Immigration isn't that great in switzerland. It takes even longer than the USA to get citizenship. A high income is also good for saving, so you can bootstrap your own ventures in life instead of being beholden to a govt' retirement program or a specific employer.

Fnoord 10y ago
> Immigration isn't that great in switzerland. It takes even longer than the USA to get citizenship. I assumed we were talking about a hypothetical situation because for one reason or another in our current situation we can't fulfil that dream. Is it that difficult to get a H1B visa in Switzerland? > A high income is also good for saving [...] Yes, but some rather costly business like chemo therapy is in the default insurance in NL. So you will always have it. Besides, if you got too much money, you end up paying more tax. So people end up saving, but also spending, and if they don't they gotta pay more tax. All of which is good for the economy. One other thing I like about Switzerland is the direct democracy approach. Although I think it also works so well because its a small country, we got a non binding referendum, and its barely ever used because it requires a petition. Last time it was used was Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016 [1]. Note, I voted 'for', but that doesn't mean I want the government or EU to ignore the vote. Which is what pretty much happened recently in action (not in words although those words, too, weren't binding). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_Association_Agreement_referendum,_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Ukraine%E2%80%93European...
- snovv_crash 10y ago
  >Is it that difficult to get a H1B visa in Switzerland? If you don't have an EU passport, yes. There are regional quotas, so if you want to live somewhere with lots of tech (read: non-EU people) getting in under the quotas is really hard.

by mahyarm 10y ago

Fnoord 10y ago

> Immigration isn't that great in switzerland. It takes even longer than the USA to get citizenship. I assumed we were talking about a hypothetical situation because for one reason or another in our current situation we can't fulfil that dream. Is it that difficult to get a H1B visa in Switzerland? > A high income is also good for saving [...] Yes, but some rather costly business like chemo therapy is in the default insurance in NL. So you will always have it. Besides, if you got too much money, you end up paying more tax. So people end up saving, but also spending, and if they don't they gotta pay more tax. All of which is good for the economy. One other thing I like about Switzerland is the direct democracy approach. Although I think it also works so well because its a small country, we got a non binding referendum, and its barely ever used because it requires a petition. Last time it was used was Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016 [1]. Note, I voted 'for', but that doesn't mean I want the government or EU to ignore the vote. Which is what pretty much happened recently in action (not in words although those words, too, weren't binding). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_Association_Agreement_referendum,_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Ukraine%E2%80%93European...

snovv_crash 10y ago
>Is it that difficult to get a H1B visa in Switzerland? If you don't have an EU passport, yes. There are regional quotas, so if you want to live somewhere with lots of tech (read: non-EU people) getting in under the quotas is really hard.