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Comment by Mateo Alaluf
Sociologist. Université libre de Bruxelles.
To replace a social security system primarily financed by contributions and based on wage solidarity with a rent paid by the Government and financed by tax income seems a war machine against the welfare state. In addition, an income provided unconditionally to anybody can only be mediocre and cannot ensure the financial independence of the beneficiaries. These would be obliged to accept to work for whatever wage in order to round up their benefits. As a result, there would be a degradation of the labour market and a proliferation of badly paid jobs
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Verified via web search. Mateo Alaluf is a sociologist at Université libre de Bruxelles who is a known critic of universal basic income. He authored the RTBF opinion piece "L'allocation universelle contre la protection sociale" (June 2013) at the provided source URL, and co-authored the book "Contre l'allocation universelle" (Lux Éditeur). The quote is a faithful English translation of his French arguments — notably the phrase "une machine de guerre contre l'État social" (war machine against the welfare state) and his arguments about degradation of the labour market. The vote direction "against" on "Implement a universal basic income" correctly reflects his position. Source URL confirmed to exist via web search results matching the article title and content, though the domain (rtbf.be) was blocked from direct fetch.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 4d ago
replying to Mateo Alaluf