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Comment by Ryan Bourne

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Economist and policy expert at the Cato Institute.
It seems fruitless to debate a bigger new entitlement we cannot currently afford to solve a labor-market apocalypse we haven’t yet seen.
AI Verified (Apr 27, 2026)
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Ryan Bourne, quoted in Morgan Chalfant, “Debatable: Universal basic income,” Semafor, April 27, 2026.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified Bourne rejects an unaffordable new entitlement, clearly opposing UBI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4h ago
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AI Verified Recorded against matches Bourne’s rejection of a new UBI entitlement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4h ago

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AI Verified Semafor quotes Bourne with this wording in its April 27 UBI debate. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4h ago
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