This is actually a very current topic right now in Switzerland. There will a national vote to decide if every Swiss citizen should get a basic income of 2500 sw

This is actually a very current topic right now in Switzerland. There will a national vote to decide if every Swiss citizen should get a basic income of 2500 swiss francs (approximately 2700$) a month. Some interesting details can be read in this (kind of) recent article (most other ones are in German) http://themindunleashed.org/2014/03/swiss-pay-basic-income-2500-francs-per-month-every-adult.html http://themindunleashed.org/2014/03/swiss-pay-basic-income-2...