Fill me in Mr Conrad.

Here in Uber Amerika our rich Have so many loopholes and off shore accounts they pay little taxes, however if that income actually trickled down to the middle class, we pay a very high percent in taxes and that would result in more taxable income.

Yes I am not from Europe or Sweden but you are so give us your take on the situation sounds fair to me from were I sit.

Agreed if we had a media, if we had representatives that were not beholden to the money interests maybe it would be put to a vote. I am sure it would pass.

What popular Vote in what USA?
You make about as much sense as our JUSO do!
Don't know what you're complaining about anyway!
You got a good Job,Unionpay,Union-Healthcare etc!
What the heck else do you want?
Your Boss' pay as well?

No Mr Conrad but if y our paying attention and you would if you truly cared, you would notice the economic disparity is the highest its been since the days of serfdom. The rich have awarded themselves more money in the worst economic times since the great depression and predictably things are worse.

The middle class pays taxes spends money and helps the economy grow and we are clearly losing the class war,its way past time for the majority of the people to stand up and say "enough".

cutting taxes for the elite and corporations has done NOTHING except make things worse.

It is a victory for the common man just that the issue was raised. I expect we have not heard the last of this issue. :)

A avalanche starts small and ends big.

People are waking up to what our future is going to look like, a global surveillance state paying slave wages to the bottom 99% and a gilded age for the wealthy. Be proud you can actually vote on it Mr Conrad.

Considering the big money outspent the reformers like 50/1 it's not surprising who won the election but the issue has been raised and that is a small victory.

The claim that big business would relocate to avoid the 12/1 is fear mongering and the dupes fell for it. What is needed is a global 12/1 so the crooks and thieves have no place to run.

you're waxing pathetic now!
You really haven't got a Clue about how our System works!
Educate yourself,then come back and tell me what we ought to do!
Go peddle your Marxist-Creed somewhere else,we have no need for that Crap!

Picture our future Mr Conrad its pretty pathetic. a 24/7 surveillance state, facial recognition cameras all over the place and slave wages for the bottom 99%, that is the future that is being built I cheer anyone who opposes this.

Well,Sunshine,we have a lot less Unemployment here than you have,how come?
Maybe it is because we are a Right To Work State,and strangely enough the Unions were squarely against last Sunday's Measure!
Now go figure!
Guess it will be a bit of a Puzzler with your Statist-Mindset!

Again Mr Conrad the fact 39% voted for the 12/1 is a victory considering Switzerland is a fairly progressive country with many benefits not enjoyed in the US.

I wonder how the US would vote if we actually had a chance to.

In the United States the wealthiest one per cent of the population owns more than the bottom 95 per cent.

It is a victory for the common man just that the issue was raised. I expect we have not heard the last of this issue. :)

It was raised by People with a Brainfart looking for an easy Cushioned Job administering the Idiocy!
But your Statist thinking won't allow you to see that!
Well,I'll let you wallow in your Misery,and hope you commiserate with your Genossen!
Enjoy!

Its like playing chess with a pigeon You knock the pieces over crap on the board, strut around and declare victory and fly back to your neocon fascist flock.

Looks like that's exactly what you just did!
Well,Old Son.we voted and have chosen to reject the Measure,and there isn't a thing anyone can do about,except cry !
Why do you think the Swiss Franc is in better shape than the Dollar?
Mainly because we are not allowing the Unions to steal billions from the Workers and then pretend they doing them a favor!
You have much to learn Grasshopper! But first you need to discard your Statist/Collectivist thinking,because it is in the way of your comprehending the Issues!
Now,hop to it!
Here ends the Lesson for a Statist!

The Swiss have more people in Unions per Capita than the US. Wiki has them at one in four. Seems you know very little of your own country. I am not even sure if you are as you claim. "Swiss"

In case you have trouble in math thats 25% of Swiss workers in a union or confederation.

The US is 12.5%.

Consider yourself better informed on this matter good sir.

Corporate 'fat cats' in Switzerland are pouring in money to sway the result of an upcoming referendum that could turn the tide on income inequality in the country.

Up for a nation-wide vote next Monday, the "1:12 Initiative for Fair Play" would legally limit the monthly income of high earning CEOs to no more than what a company's lowest-paid employee earns in 12 months. In other words, no top executive could make more in a month than what the company’s lowest-paid workers make in a year.

The initiative, introduced by the youth wing of Switzerland's Socialist Party (JUSO) and backed by the Social Democrat and Green parties and unions across the country, gained support and momentum very quickly, with a successful petition drive of over 130,000 signatures to get it on the ballot.

Rising income inequality in the county has fueled the support. As JUSO's campaign has pointed out, the average salary among Swiss CEOs compared to the average wage has risen from six to one in 1984 to 43 to one in 2011.

But as voting time has drawn closer, the super rich have turned up the heat against the campaign to protect their profits, Sam Pizzigati at Inequality.org reports, with donations to the 'no' vote camp now likely well into the millions and up to 50 times the amount donated to the 'yes' campaign.

The spending seems to be taking its toll. A recent poll taken by the Swiss market research institute gfs.bern showed 36 percent of those questioned were in favor of the 1:12 initiative, down from 44 percent in October when the polls were split.

As Pizzigati writes, the messages coming from Swiss corporations such as Nestle and Novartis, as well as many corporate friendly lawmakers, have painted the picture that the initiative is “a frontal attack on freedom” — and “prosperity,” as declared by SwissHoldings, a federation of Swiss-based multinationals.

In another sampling of the rhetoric coming from the no campaign, Swiss lawmaker Ruedi Noser said the 1:12 proposition would turn Switzerland into the “North Korea of Europe."

The fear-inducing tactics seem to be working, if the polls are any indication.

Meanwhile, "No major Swiss newspaper is supporting the 1:12 initiative,” said JUSO activist Mattea Meyer.

However, the game is far too early to call, Pizzigati notes. In a very similar showdown earlier this year, "Swiss corporate execs unleashed a similar political blitz," he reports, "when corporate gadfly Thomas Minder, a successful entrepreneur, led a campaign to give shareholders more say over top executive pay — and ban executive new-hire and 'golden parachute' bonuses." That initiative passed with an overwhelming 67.9 percent voting against the "fat cats" in favor of the regulations.

"I'm optimistic," said JUSO's David Roth in an interview last week. "We have our chance. We're up against the big companies who spend millions. I can tell you that our opponents are nervous."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/18-5

Well if you really are a Swiss your lucky as you live in one of the most progressive countries in Europe. So why do you support all the neo con garbage that goes on in the US?