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People like to bring these things up to as thought experiments about how they'd fly in other countries, but one thing to keep in mind is that Switzerland is a r
by nateabele 13y ago
People like to bring these things up to as thought experiments about how they'd fly in other countries, but one thing to keep in mind is that Switzerland is a really, really different place. Particularly compared to the US, it has fairly stable demographics, and obtaining citizenship is absurdly difficult.
While the Reuter's article doesn't mention that as a prerequisite for income benefits, one can reasonably infer that they're not gonna start handing out money to anyone who wanders in.
Contrast that with the US, where you get healthcare and free public education just for making it across the border from Mexico.
- mweibel 13y ago> "[...] and obtaining citizenship is absurdly difficult." Can you elaborate? I'd like to have some arguments from an "outsider" if I encounter a discussion about this again :) The current majority (more or less) of people in Switzerland seem to believe that obtaining citizenship is way to easy and want to limit basicly everything..
- nateabele 13y agoI actually only know this second-hand. A good friend is married to a Swiss national and we've discussed it on a number of occasions.