GENEVA — Swiss voters were on course to flatly reject a radical proposal to provide the entire population with a basic income, no work required, initial results and projections showed on Sunday.National projections showed 78% of voters had opposed the initiative, according to numbers provided by the gfs.bern polling institute to public broadcaster RTS an hour after polls closed at midday.Most Swiss vote in advance by post, so a large majority of ballots had already been counted, and gfs.bern put the margin of error at just 3%.In a global first, the Swiss were asked whether they wanted all citizens, along with foreigners who have been legal residents for at least five years, to receive an unconditional basic income, or UBI. Supporters say providing such an income would help fight poverty and inequality in a world where good jobs with steady salaries are increasingly hard to come by.The group behind the initiative has suggested paying Sf2,500 ($2,500) a month to each adult — considera...
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