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How does Switzerland spend its taxpayers' money?
By Reto Gysi von Wartburg (Text) Kai Reusser (Graphic)
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This content was published on February 16, 2018 4:10 PMFeb 16, 2018 - 16:10
Italiener spielen Boccia vor dem Novartis Campus.
Switzerland is confronted with an ageing population and the rising health costs often linked to it, like many industrialised nations.
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After the government revealed a large surplus in Switzerland's public finances earlier this week, we wondered how the country spends its money.
+Read about Switzerland's large CHF2.8 billion surplus
Spending on social welfare remains the single largest expenditure, which cost taxpayers nearly CHF23 billion ($25 billion) last year, and was an increase of 1.6% on 2016. The rise was mainly due to pension payouts and high health costs.
Chart showing revenue and expenditures
(swissinfo.ch)
The biggest growth was seen in spending on education and research (+5.7% to CHF7.6 billion), in part due to additional funding needed to keep Switzerland part of the European research programme, Horizon 2020external link.
The government had to set less aside for transport, with spending dropping year on year 0.6% to CHF9.1 billion.
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"Indian_Swiss commented on the content at 17 February 2018 01:01".
Indian_Swiss 17-Feb-2018 01:01
That's perfect news for the moment. Let's use this as a baseline to confront two unnecessary burden in Switzerland.
1. While Germany tries to offer free transportation in parts of West Germany for a different reason, why can't Swiss government use excess money to fund SRF & other Channels and so we won't have to pay unnecessarily for Bilag related yearly expences.
2. How can anyone justify the difference in Health Insurance premium paid across various Kantons ? Why are the prices different across Cantons within one tiny country ? Was there ever a case, when the Monthly health insurane premiums were decreased in Swiss history, even though there was budget excess declared multiple times ?
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