Posted on 02/09/2014 10:56:34 PM PST by 867V309
"This is a turning point, a change of system with far- reaching consequences for Switzerland," Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga told journalists in Berne.
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...while the U.S. has way too many illegal “boarders” ignoring our borders.
Good for them.
on this issue - yeppers
Trying to save themselves from America’s disease before it’s too late.
Hop schwiiz!!
No word or news reports on the guaranteed income.... must have failed badly
Wonderful!
Good on the Swiss!
They have it right.
The immigrants are eroding their distinctive Alpine culture and contributing to more crime.
This is an idea whose time has come. I wonder which country will be next. My guess - the Dutch or the Italians.
The European Commission in Brussels said in a statement that the vote went against the principle of free movement of people.
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Free movement of people principle. Must be what the two Bushes, Clinton and Obama support on southern borders. Must be a new principle of government.
Not really that new. The Wall Street Journal has been promoting it since the early 80’s
Global one worlder crony capitalists are as much of a problems as commies.
I listened to one of the CNBC Europe reporters this morning asking if this was the “right” way to implement democracy, “putting preferences before people.”| Typical lefty reaction when the popular vote doesn’t go their way. Also, the putting preferences before people sounds like an emotional talking point. Also, it looks like the EU is going to squeeze the Swiss to try and change their mind or to get the Swiss government into defining the vote away.
I don’t disagree with the free movement of people within Europe (and I say that as a Eurosceptic), and if I could, I’d jemmy in the Americans, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders with that if I could, but the racist implications would be too obvious.
Immigration from people whose countries have a similar culture, reasonably similar GDP per capita and will easily be able to assimilate and become British within a generation are no threat as far as I’m concerned. Ones from barbaric third world cultures where honour killing, genital mutilation and witchcraft etc is common practice most certainly are, and I would rather slam the door right down on them.
I believe in nation states. I’m a patriot and I love my country and I assume most Europeans feel the same way about their nations.
If you are talking about legal immigration, that is one matter and I agree with you about movement of people who are culturally similar to the nation into which they are immigrating.
But I believe these one-worlder types really want one world government to benefit their commercial and economic interests.
I don’t. I’m an American and I believe in things like free enterprise, the Second Amendment and Freedom of Speech, and while Anglophne Countries are most similar to mine, all other Anglophone countries I know do NOT accept those as human rights. If I don’t like Muslims, I can say it here and I can buy firearms to protect myself. I’m presumed innocent until proven guilty, and the government doesn’t have a right to come prying into my affairs without a Court order - although the last two idiots we have had in office are doing everything possible to erode those rights. I am confident things will soon return to normal here.
And we have too many legal immigrants.
Great in theory, but it doesn't work in practice. The flood of EU workers into the UK takes jobs and depresses wages. Also, many of these workers are claiming welfare benefits. In 2017 the UK will hold a referendum on whether to stay in the EU or not.
European officials are aware that with the European elections pending in May, there will be many anti-establishment parties pushing for the same restrictions as the Swiss voted for. Brussels will believe it has to defend a core principle, yet it will also be aware of how strongly the immigration issue plays with voters.
There is a counter-revolution in Europe, mainly due to the issue of immigration and the edicts of the ruling elites in Brussels. Language, culture, borders, and history matter no matter what the Mandarins in Brussels have to say.
We get the majority our 1.2 million legal immigrants a year from the Third World. 87% of these immigrants are minorities as classified by the USG. Since the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, which eliminated national origins as a criterion, the demographics of this country have changed rapidly. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities and by 2043 we will be a majority-minority country.
Oh, and by the way, immigrants and minorities vote more than two to one Dem.
That we have any immigration at all (especially of the low to no skilled variety) when we have been in a prolonged state of high unemployment (on par with the Great Depression if reported properly, instead of the cooked numbers ignoring those not working) is insane.
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