But the Swiss rejected it, probably because the government told them to vote against it (the gov always hands out brochures "recommending" how to vote). I suppose they got manipulated by the classic manipulation-by-fear strategy: "If you don't let our CEO's rip you off, we'll destroy your economy by going elsewhere." Of course they found their way of communicating this only between the lines (and not explicitely), which makes it very powerful b/c you can't call their bullsh#t.
How is that vote similar??
What was proposed in Switzerland was a salary cap, not a tax. There is not such a cap in France, nor anywhere that I heard of.
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There was a very similar vote in Switzerland, recently: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/switzerland-vot...
But the Swiss rejected it, probably because the government told them to vote against it (the gov always hands out brochures "recommending" how to vote). I suppose they got manipulated by the classic manipulation-by-fear strategy: "If you don't let our CEO's rip you off, we'll destroy your economy by going elsewhere." Of course they found their way of communicating this only between the lines (and not explicitely), which makes it very powerful b/c you can't call their bullsh#t.
We need more education.
How is that vote similar?? What was proposed in Switzerland was a salary cap, not a tax. There is not such a cap in France, nor anywhere that I heard of.