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Article: Swiss Voters Reject Money-Share Plan
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- September 22, 2002
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GENEVA (AP) _ Swiss voters rejected sharing the windfall of a multibillion-
dollar gold sale with the needy, and the chief opponent said the referendum
proved the Swiss were immune to foreign blackmail.
According to the official final returns, 52 percent, or 1.05 million
voters, turned down a government plan to spend the interest from the
sales of "excess" gold in three ways _ one-third to the Swiss social
security program, a third to regional governments and a third to people
in need at home or abroad. Just 984,590, or 48 percent, voted in favor
of the plan. Some 44.1 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.
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