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Switzerland, like California, is a direct democracy. Taxes that touch the assets of voting demographics fail while taxes that burden non-voting demographics pas
by rcpt 5y ago
Switzerland, like California, is a direct democracy. Taxes that touch the assets of voting demographics fail while taxes that burden non-voting demographics pass.
- yellow_lead 5y agoThey are direct and indirect, since both also have legislatures in addition to their referendum / initiative laws.
- motives 5y agoNit: Switzerland as a country is a semi-direct democracy not a direct democracy. Only 2 cantons fulfil the criteria for the classical definition of direct democracy.