The Swiss Confederacy, a model for the United States? Special guest next week see link.
Posted May 9th, 2008 by SGP
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The Swiss Confederacy, a model for the United States?
Broadcast 14th may: (1pm-3 pm) The VTV show with your hosts Neil and Jacob on www.revolutionbroadcastin...
Guest speaker: Dr Ulrich Schlüer, Swiss Member of Parliament for 12 years and spokesmen of the hugely popular Schweizerische Volkspartei
Switzerland stands as a shining working example of direct democracy in the very heart of Europe, Swiss commitment to a strict, neutral, foreign policy, combined with an excellent trained and an extremely heavily armed citizen army kept their nation out the conflicts of Europe for 700 years. No country on earth can claim such a track record on peace and pure democracy.
Lately the Swiss have delegated more authority to their confederate government, resulting in higher taxes, mass immigration, and for the first time in its 700 year existence, the Swiss army is involved on foreign soil as UN peacekeepers.
The hugely popular SVP party is currently agitating for the return to Swiss roots of pure (direct) democracy and neutrality.
Our guest is Dr Ulrich Schlüer, spokesmen for the Swiss SVP.
Author: Jacob, www.revolutionbroadcastin... radio host).
Dr. Steve Parent
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My father in law is Swiss and was very active in the Libertarian party in Switzerland when he lived there. He says that Dr. Schlüer represents the communist and extreme left in Swiss politics, and he (my father in law) will be calling in to the show to join in the discussion.
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foreign policy, I would agree with the Confederacy comparison. 700 years is an enviable record.
I wonder however about the level of individual freedoms enjoyed, the overburden of social programs and the inevitable taxation that the Swiss experience.
I will be sure to tune in
This is a quite a change for Sweden, sadly.
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Especially since we're talking about Switzerland
"This is a quite a change for Sweden, sadly."
Yes it will be. Especially since we're talking about Switzerland. ;-)
It is sad what is happening
It is sad what is happening around the world isn't it?
Dr. Steve Parent
This is going to be an very
This is going to be an very interesting interview and i am excited about it.
Dr. Steve Parent
I agree
The problem for Switzerland's position is, it is surrounded by the EU and the EU-countries are the main business partners. So the Swiss have to accept more and more EU-standards in bilateral agreements with the EU, but can hardly influence them, since Switzerland is not a member state. I guess on the long run (given the EU survives the coming economical crisis) Switzerland has to become a member, since her sovereignty will have faded out anyway and membership will be the only way to keep at least some influence on EU-Legislation.
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Well we are going to get the
Well we are going to get the truth from our guest and he is going to let us know what the MSM will not.
Dr. Steve Parent