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Comment by Paul Palsterman

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Juriste au service d'études de la Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens de Belgique (CSC).
By applying to a fundamentally unequal situation a perfectly equal treatment does not create more equality: it reinforces instead existing inequalities. Far from being fair, it is on the opposite the negation of justice. Regarding social efficiency, we can easily demonstrate that the project has none
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Unverifiable The quote criticizes an unspecified 'project' for applying equal treatment in an unequal society, but it never mentions universal basic income or clearly identifies the policy. So it is not possible to verify that it is exactly about implementing a universal basic income. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified Verified as a faithful English translation of the French text at the source URL. Revue Quart Monde attributes the article to Paul Palsterman, and the passage at lines 92–93 says that applying perfectly equal treatment to a fundamentally unequal situation reinforces existing inequalities, is 'the negation of justice,' and that the project has no social efficiency. One caveat: the source page identifies the piece as issue 172 (1999/4), online since 05 June 2000, so the supplied year 2016 is not the original publication year. ([revue-quartmonde.org](https://www.revue-quartmonde.org/2676)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Quote attributed to Paul Palsterman (jurist at CSC Belgium) from his article "L'allocation universelle, une fausse bonne idée" in Revue Quart Monde n°172 (1999/4). Web search confirms Palsterman authored this article criticizing UBI with arguments matching this quote (equal treatment of unequal situations reinforces inequality, no social efficiency). The vote "against" UBI aligns correctly with his position. Updated source_url from old domain (editionsquartmonde.org) to current domain (revue-quartmonde.org/2676). However, both domains are blocked by egress proxy so I could not directly verify the quote text appears on the page — marking as ai_unverifiable. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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