Swiss village to pay residents $2,500 a month to do nothing

Swiss village to pay residents $2,500 a month to do nothing

Modal Trigger Rheinau, Switzerland iStockphoto A village in Switzerland plans to introduce a basic income system which pays residents $2,500 a month for doing nothing.

Residents of Rheinau, on the Rhine River at the border with Germany, voted in favor of introducing the ambitious project in a recent poll.

The village hopes to pay participants up to $2,500 a month to ensure they have a guaranteed income regardless of their employment status.The village council decided to accept this plan after more than half of Rheinau’s 1,300 residents signed up to take part, and efforts to secure funding will begin shortly.The decision […]

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