The Geneva one is curious, the opposition may be right. Only condoms stop STDs. If other contraceptives replace condoms, STDs might increase in the population. Not the best public policy.
The Zürich one about buildings up to 40m high is interesting. I guess one of the issues is that some decades ago immigrants arrived to less desirable areas of Zürich. Those areas are being reworked with nicer apartments and offices, more expensive. The children of those immigrants that arrived to a cheap place are seeing the neighborhood change in real time. I don’t know if there’s a right or wrong here. Keeping things as they are, means keeping the place poor(er) forever. Increasing rents displace people. On the other hand, as immigrant it’s important to never forget that Whateveritikon is not the ancestral homeland, but only the place were the parents found cheaper rent, nothing more.
Canton Aargau, no cantonal votes this time. Considering the amount of superfluous votes, it may not be a bad thing.
Interesting - Imho VD has the best prerequisites to reduce it’s taxes long term. It has high earnings, but also a lot of low income subsidies. In VD you want to live in a government sponsored flat, it’s very unfavorable to have a high taxable income.
Interesting that the city of Lausanne voted No by 61,11%. Most rural communes supported it. Morges was also No. Nyon and Rolle had very small majority in favour.
Thanks I was reading more about it, but that’s the point.
I just remembered cantons have loans. Let’s see the reaction of bondholders tomorrow morning. One thing is certain, if canton Vaud wants to sell more bonds, it will at more than the current 2%. Their income situation will change.
Regarding the construction of high rise buildings: This is imho a development in the wrong direction and I honestly don’t get it… Zurich city people are the first to complain about high housing costs, yet they torpedo any attempt to density and expand building activity. Imho this is a very stupid rule. Who cares if a building is 40 or 400 floors high? As long as the developer provides the needed infrastructure? It’s a shame that most of central Zurich is still composed of very small buildings… It’s simply wasteful - but yeah - you know things aren’t right if the environmentalist green and the SVP share an oppinion (albeit for very different reasons)…
From a societal and ethical point, I find the following vote one of the most significant ones of the year. Switzerland has quite a liberal stance already on assisted suicide, making Switzerland a place for Sterbetouristen. In the canton of Zurich, people voted yes to a legal requirement of the possibility of assisted suicide in all retirement or nursing homes.
Euthanasia should be possible in the hospital: A seriously ill person should not have to drive home.
On one hand, I understand. Being “released” from the hospital to go die at home allegedly in peace. If it’s about pain relief, the best stuff is not at home but at the hospital, and really quick But fine, there’s people who has irrational fear of hospitals and feel better at home. I prefer the hard stuff, intravenous please
On the other hand, I work with people. Far away from any real stuff like health care, but it’s people anyway. If I lead a team that cares about people and do their best every day so people get better…how can I tell to my team to let go their hard work, forget about their earlier motivation and switch to euthanasia? That’s why hospices are important. Death happens at another place, not at the same place where people saves lives for a living.
FFS! The dying person is going to die only once. The people trying to save hundreds of lives over a lifetime are forced to see hundreds of wilful deaths. Maybe I’m weak and a prude, but I don’t think it’s optimal to shit on the feelings of health workers. This is not the way to lead a team. The physical separation between hospitals and hospices is great. Once you enter the hospice, there’s no way back, and this makes it easy for everyone. Both for the person dying one time, and for the worker who will be witness to hundreds of deaths. Sending the dying person home spares our workers from (further) stress. A bit hard, but the family has to do this work.
Health workers are overworked, underappreciated, exploited, and now this. As society, we’re shitting on them. A bit sad, but the people said yes to euthanasia in hospitals.
PS. the vote also covered Altersheim (homes) which is a completely different setting. Altersheim is a place you enter knowing there’s only a way to leave. Hospitals are different, let hope survive.
But fine, there’s people who has irrational fear of hospitals and feel better at home. I prefer the hard stuff, intravenous please 