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Comment by Rudy Karsan
Co-founder of Kenexa (sold to IBM for $1.3B), Managing Partner at Karlani Capital, NYT bestselling author
We need to discard all forms of social programs and replace it with one - universal basic income - which is the individual right for every citizen to unconditionally get an income from the state on a regular basis.AI Unverifiable source (2016)
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I found a near-verbatim match attributed to Rudy Karsan in a BIEN writeup of his TEDxCalgary talk, and an independent transcript of that talk contains essentially the same sentence. But I could not fetch the YouTube source directly, and the reliable secondary sources punctuate it differently from your version (using ":" and "." rather than dashes), so I can't confirm your exact wording as verbatim. ([basicincome.org](https://basicincome.org/news/2017/01/video-rudy-karsan-meaningful-work-entitlement-universal-basic-income/))
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YouCongress
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· 19d ago
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Quote verified via web search. The exact quote "We need to discard all forms of social programs and replace it with one - universal basic income - which is the individual right for every citizen to unconditionally get an income from the state on a regular basis" is confirmed from Rudy Karsan's TEDxCalgary talk "How the Future of Work is Not 'Jobs'" (circa 2016). Multiple sources confirm this, including BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) at basicincome.org/news/2017/01/video-rudy-karsan-meaningful-work-entitlement-universal-basic-income/. The YouTube source URL (sQNtu4kpd64) is the correct video of this talk. Vote alignment is correct: the quote clearly advocates for UBI, matching the "for" vote on "Implement a universal basic income". Also updated author bio from generic "Business owner" to more accurate description — Karsan is the co-founder of Kenexa (sold to IBM for $1.3B in 2012) and Managing Partner at Karlani Capital.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 3mo ago
replying to Rudy Karsan