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Comment by Bill Gross

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American investor, co-Founder of PIMCO
Instead we should spend money where it’s needed most – our collapsing infrastructure for instance, health care for an aging generation and perhaps on a revolutionary new idea called UBI – Universal Basic Income. If more and more workers are going to be displaced by robots, then they will need money to live on, will they not?
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AI Verified The quote explicitly discusses spending money on "UBI – Universal Basic Income" and gives a reason for it (workers displaced by robots needing income), so it is directly about implementing a universal basic income and indicates support. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified Verified. The submitted wording appears verbatim in Bill Gross’s May 2016 "Investment Outlook" PDF, "Culture Clash"; the document is labeled "Investment Outlook from Bill Gross," and lines 101–105 contain this exact passage. The provided Janus page now redirects to Janus Henderson’s homepage, but Forbes also identifies the same wording as coming from Gross’s May 2016 investment outlook. ([williamhgross.com](https://williamhgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bill-gross-io-May-2016_CultureClash.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote verified via web search. Multiple sources confirm Bill Gross endorsed UBI in his May 2016 Janus Capital investment outlook. Fortune (May 5, 2016) and other outlets covered this, confirming the exact phrasing about "collapsing infrastructure", "health care for an aging generation", and UBI. The source URL (janus.com) was blocked by egress proxy so couldn't be fetched directly, but the quote is well-documented across financial press. Year set to 2016. Vote for statement "Implement a universal basic income" already existed. The quote clearly supports UBI, aligning with a "for" vote. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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