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dipsydoodle

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2. So go for it - but you have to take the baggage which goes with it.

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Sun May 18, 2014, 08:47 AM

May 2014

Consumer Prices in United States are 46.82% lower than in Switzerland
Consumer Prices Including Rent in United States are 45.79% lower than in Switzerland
Rent Prices in United States are 43.33% lower than in Switzerland
Restaurant Prices in United States are 54.10% lower than in Switzerland
Groceries Prices in United States are 44.33% lower than in Switzerland
Local Purchasing Power in United States is 6.07% lower than in Switzerland

More here : http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Switzerland&country2=United+States

If you took the whole bundle then I'd feel really sorry for the unemployed.

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Switzerland 'rejects world's highest minimum wage' [View all] 7962 May 2014 OP

"...raise production costs and increase unemployment." KansDem May 2014 #1

So go for it - but you have to take the baggage which goes with it. dipsydoodle May 2014 #2

It's all relative, of course ... as wages go up, prices go up. Somehow, RKP5637 May 2014 #3

Yet Swiss citizens purchasing power, in Switzerland, is only 6.07% less? So much cash Fred Sanders May 2014 #6

only 6.07% less ? dipsydoodle May 2014 #8

No, it's MORE. JackRiddler May 2014 #10

Great point. Springslips May 2014 #12

Also consider that they do not have a minimum wage law in Switzerland jamzrockz May 2014 #7

It's not like Switzerland will suffer horribly from this DFW May 2014 #4

Surprise surprise - Swiss referenda often don't end up on the progressive side of the issue LeftishBrit May 2014 #5

They're even voting on whether to buy fighter jets from Saab. 7962 May 2014 #9

That's not an argument at all. JackRiddler May 2014 #11

There were a number of stories about the Swiss rejecting the minimum wage. former9thward May 2014 #13