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U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Cop out. Bad policy. You want social upheaval? Try that. Everybody stays home doing nothing all day and gets paid by the government.
AI Verified (Apr 29, 2026)
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Gina Raimondo, interviewed by Connor Diemand-Yauman on the Is This Working?! podcast, reported by Axios, April 29, 2026.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified The quote explicitly rejects universal basic income as policy. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 14d ago
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AI Verified Her explicit rejection of UBI supports the recorded against vote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 14d ago

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AI Verified Axios reports Raimondo’s exact April 29, 2026 podcast statement opposing UBI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 14d ago
AI Unverifiable The cited Axios source could not be independently inspected or corroborated sufficiently. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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