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		gaius on Feb 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swiss immigration: 50.3% back quotas, final result... It's a similar reason to trade unions traditionally opposing minimum wage laws.

guard-of-terra on Feb 9, 2014 [–]

It's slightly different:

Trade unions have to be nice to the rest of society (being its part), but Swiss citizens (both born and new) don't have to be nice to all the rest of the world. They have even greater priority of minding their own business.

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