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Old 10-29-2013, 01:14 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan View Post
I had a friend that lived there for a few years, and visited a few times. The standard of living, at least that I saw, was crazy good. Everyone had their masters and had managed to dodge military service.

They had one political party who's platform was to "kick out the black sheep" who actually got a decent amount of traction, so yeah, you could say their immigration policies are pretty restrictive.
Switzerland's control over their economy goes well beyond this. They have a strictly controlled educational system. There are only a certain amount of spots available in each faculty, and these quotas are set by the government. Young people are streamed into fields that the economy requires during high school.

There's no "finding yourself" in a liberal arts program.
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