Swiss Vote Places Right To Use Cash In Country's Constitution (politico.eu)
- Reference: 0180931710
- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/09/0419215/swiss-vote-places-right-to-use-cash-in-countrys-constitution
- Source link: https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-cash-right-constitution-vote/
> Official results revealed that 73.4 percent of voters backed the legal amendment, which the government proposed as a counter to a similar initiative by a group called the Swiss Freedom Movement. The Swiss Freedom Movement triggered the national referendum after its initiative to protect cash collected more than 100,000 signatures, triggering a national referendum. Its initiative secured only 46 percent of the final vote after the government said some of the group's proposed amendments went too far.
[1] https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20260308/can6822.html
[2] https://www.politico.eu/article/switzerland-cash-right-constitution-vote/
Just imagine what could happen in USA (Score:3)
If Trump could stop his enemies from being able to spend their money? He hasn't figured out he could do that already... outside of international sanctions he already places on people he doesn't like just doing their jobs. (ICC judges)
FYI: in the USA, it's the law that currency has to be acceptable payment (since the great depression.) This law is often ignored these days and it doesn't specify physical money allowing legalese to render it almost pointless.
The state dept under Hillary blocked wikileaks without any laws; simply asking credit cards to block it, as a favor. I bet more of the swiss know of such things than Americans... who have been proven their stupidity. Hey, I'm one but I'm in the minority; one of the smart Americans. Many of us still have shame and it should be used heavily; we're not smart enough for facts and reason... again, this is proven.
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Thank you. good to know. why anon? Still, we need to follow those other nations and go beyond.
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Fail to bay. Bam! it's a debt now! And will they take cash now that it's a debt? You imbecile
Hello? (Score:2)
"BRUSSELS â" The right to use Swiss franc banknotes and coins wil"
What EXACTLY do you mean by "Brussels"???
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I'm guessing you're either really young or just have forgotten how datelines work. The reporting was done in Brussels about events in Switzerland Likely just the head of an EU reporting bureau reporting on something in Europe.
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This is called a dateline. It indicates the location of the journalist, not necessarily where the events happened. Seems less relevant in this day and age. In the past, Bjarke Smith-Meyer would've traveled to Zurich to cover this but clearly didn't bother.
San Fancisco is reverting their law (Score:2)
San Francisco already has a similar law (it was to purportedly to help street people (AKA âoehomelessâ), but the city supervisors are talking about repealing it (one is that having cash in stores makes them a bigger target for robberies and overnight break-ins).
good (Score:2, Insightful)
in a world of "age verification laws" and governments pushing for "cashless", and precedents like Canada freezing protesters bank accounts, yes.
governments are turning ultra fascist everywhere. doesn't matter if they say they're left wing progressive. they're after your internet anonymity and want you to keep your money in banks, mostly to avoid tax evasion.
(cue in europeans saying they're not fascist and i'm a dumb american etc and canadians justifying the bank account freezing because it was aligned with
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(cue in europeans saying they're not fascist and i'm a dumb american etc and canadians justifying the bank account freezing because it was aligned with the party's interest)
Cue a European saying: u wot, m8?
Not everything you don't like is fascist. Something can be bad without being fascist. Also what specifically are you talking about here?
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Here's a handy poster for reference. [1]https://syracuseculturalworker... [syracusecu...orkers.com]
Would you like me to check off the lines?
[1] https://syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/poster-early-warning-signs-of-fascism
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I'll explain how and why Canada froze bank accounts.
A group of people announced they were going to do something illegal.
You sent money to this group.
Said group did exactly what they claimed.
Police investigated the alleged crime and found that you helped fund it.
Your shocked face when the bank freezes your account while the police investigate.
MUH FREEDUMZ!