[Culturechat] CH Votes Sunday, 2 Dec.--Results

[Vance Roy]

This is the only initiative approved by the voters. It passed by a large 
margin. The others lost by large margins.

Vance Roy wrote:

> There are nationwide votes on several initiatives this coming Sunday, 2
> December.
> 
> There is a vote on a mandatory debit ceiling for the government
> retroactive to 22 June, 2001. This is one of those things where the
> conservative party (Swiss People's Party) and the moderates agree and
> support it. The Social party, the Green Party, and the workers unions
> are against it for fear that social programs will suffer. The
> organizations representing businesses are for it also.


Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch.