The problem with that is we cannot afford their products, when they are paying Chinese workers a slave wage. If they were forced to pay an American worker to build the same product, prices would jump up five to ten times what we're now paying. I'll not name any names, but one of the larger header manufacturers in this country moved all their manufacturing equipment to Mexico, years ago. They now sell tubing to the Mexicans, after which, they buy assembled headers. And it is all more profitable than paying American workers to manufacture the headers right here. It is a dream come true for those involved in the creation of NAFTA and CAFTA, even though it put American workers out of their jobs.
When previous administrations started allowing American industry to leave this country, they were letting our greatest asset move outwith our borders. And they did it without realizing it is next to impossible to put toothpaste back into the tube.
But to bring this back around to the Swiss paying its citizens a guaranteed wage, isn't that really what our own welfare programs have been doing for decades? That welfare check in the mail is not nearly as dramatic as a dump truck full of gold coins, but it is the same principle. It is so attractive a program for our own citizens that we now give those same benefits to illegal border jumpers, although the problems in this country seem to be slowing the influx of illegals into this country.