Fox News über die Schweiz

Fox News - der wirklich konservative Sender in den USA - hat folgenden Beitrag gebracht. Und zwar in der Rubrik "Reality Check"! Man müsste diesen Beitrag mal einem Realty Check unterziehen:

As mentioned, I was in Switzerland last week, and I did not see any litter on the street. Let me repeat: I drove hundreds of miles. There was no litter anywhere. Switzerland is the cleanest country in the world.

And I went there to look at the Swiss environmental approach. The place is stunning. There are 7.5 — there are 12.5, I should say, million people living in Switzerland, 22 percent foreign-born, but apparently they are all green. This, according to the environmental performance index.

Switzerland is No. 1 in the world, and it shows.

Health care is mandatory for the Swiss, but the government does not pay. The worker and the company do. However, the poor receive subsidies from the government. You can choose your own doctor there.

Retirement is also funded by workers, not by the government. By law, retirement contributions are deducted from all paychecks. Companies are also required to pay into retirement accounts.

If you want to become a Swiss citizen, they don't want you. It takes 12 years or longer, and you can be rejected without a reason. You sneak in there, they will boot you right out.

Income taxes top out at about 40 percent, just about like here. There are a number of other taxes, like here. But very little poverty, not like here. Only three percent of Swiss citizens are on welfare.

So the country works, and our leaders should be studying it. They should also stay at the Palace Hotel in Gstaad. It's a great place.

Man weiss gar nicht so recht, ob das eine Satire, eine Real-Satire, eine Tragikomödie oder schlicht konservativ-amerikanische Oberflächlichkeit ist...

Das Video dazu findet ihr hier auf www.bernerzeitung.ch