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Unless the cost of living is very high in Switzerland, that sounds like a very large amount. I support the idea but the amount sounds too high.

The people that need the money probably already receive it, so for them it shouldn't make a difference. However, having national welfare, or whatever you want to call it, would simplify the system and eliminate the need for having some other forms of payments. As a result of said simplification, a large amount of the people who are currently employed by the system to handle the payments could be freed up to work on productive work. And finally, the tax system can be adjusted to recoup the losses.

tl;dr: If done correctly, it won't make any practical difference to citizens. On the other hand, it will free up people to work in productive jobs instead of handling bureucracy, as well as making the system easier to understand and have less room for misuse.