SWITZERLAND: Only 2% of people would stop working if they had a basic income

Written on January 30th, 2016 in politics Comments Off

Published on Basic Income Earth Network BIEN, by Stanislas Jourdan, Jan 28, 2016.

Critics of basic income have been proven wrong once again. Giving everyone the means to survive would not make people lazy. A new opinion poll carried out in Switzerland shows that only a tiny fraction of the population would stop working if they had a Universal Basic Income (UBI). What is more, most young people believe UBI will be implemented in the future.

The survey was conducted by DemoSCOPE and released on January 27, 2016 (you can read the full results here). Among the 1076 respondents, only 2% said they would stop working completely, while another 8% said they would ‘rather’ stop working. This trend is also persistent among the youth, were only 3% said they would stop working. However, about a third of the respondents think “others would stop working.”  

53% say that, if they receive a UBI, they would spend more time with the family. 54% of the Swiss would like to pursue further education, while 22% in total would want to start a business or be self-employed.

67% believe basic income would relieve people from existential fears … //

… People under 35 are more optimistic: 58% of them are confident that basic income will become a reality in Switzerland.

The survey results are encouraging for the basic income movement. According to the campaign group Generation Grundeinkommen,“the Swiss are ready for a universal basic income!”

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