The unbalanced scales of wealth in Switzerland

Wealth is distributed in an unbalanced way in Switzerland: this is the Swiss Trade Union report (USS), according to which about 2% of the richest among the Swiss population holds just as much as the remaining 98%.

Low salaries have increased, but this increase is swallowed by a policy of inequality, more taxes and charges, while the higher wages took advantage of a lower tax burden, which since 2000 has fallen from 37% to 32 %. A policy "anti-social" in tax matters carried out by the public authorities has done nothing but reinforce this trend, according to the USS.

For those on a low or middle income, the health insurance premiums represent a particularly heavy burden; the reduction of these awards has decreased slightly, due to the austerity measures taken by the cantons, deplores the union. Compared to 2000 people who live alone and who have an average income pay every month more than 180 francs in taxes.

The USS calls for a reduction in premiums and the abandonment of the cost savings, as well as a corrective to the decrease in the tax burden for the wealthy and corporations. also asks to reject the corporate tax reform III, greater investment in housing construction in the public interest, a general increase in wages and more collective agreements, with "good minimum income".

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