Swiss here. I want to highlight two problems in the proposal: > They argue that surviving on less than 4,000 francs a month is not possible because rents, heal

Swiss here. I want to highlight two problems in the proposal: > They argue that surviving on less than 4,000 francs a month is not possible because rents, health insurance and food are all prohibitively expensive. There are multiple problems with that. The first beeing that you can survive on less than 4000 francs a month. A few of my friends are doing it, and they live directly in the city of Zürich where flats and food is most expensive. They aren't living like kings, but they can afford a small appartment and a car. Seriously, that number is just too high. Okay, as a decent (senior) dev you'll get 8000 per month, in Zürich. But as a dev, you'll have a pretty good live in Switzerland in general, nevertheless, you can live on 3000 a month directly in Zürich if you can live with a one room flat. If you're on minimum wage you'll probably want to accept a 20 minute train ride and live a bit outside the city and get a larger flat. The second problem: If you're outside of Zürich/Geneva/$expensiveCity, with 4k/month you can probably afford a 4-room flat and a decent car. Seriously, the rent is the biggest issue here, you would have to set the minimim wage depending on where in Switzerland you live (i.e. minimum wage per canton, not for the whole country). If you're on minimum wage you probably don't have a huge selection of offers where you're going to work, or the option to work remote, so you need work near your flat. So if you have to work in Zürich on minimum wage, that would be just plain unfair. Having said that, I'm not against minimum wage, I just think the proposal is bullshit.