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Comment by Jeffrey Sachs

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American economist
Improve the country’s health services and schools rather than providing cash transfers to households.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Unverifiable I found the exact sentence on YouCongress attributed to Jeffrey Sachs and linked to the Apollon URL, but I could not verify it against the primary source: fetching the Apollon page returned 403 Forbidden, and YouCongress’s own FAQ says entries marked “AI verified” or “unverified” are not the same as a human-confirmed quote review. The evidence is therefore suggestive but not sufficient to confirm the quote as real and verbatim. ([youcongress.org](https://youcongress.org/p/universal-basic-income)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. The quote "Improve the country's health services and schools rather than providing cash transfers to households" is confirmed to appear in the Apollon (University of Oslo) article from March 2017 (https://www.apollon.uio.no/english/articles/2017/ubs_sachs.html). The article interviews Jeffrey Sachs who argues against simple cash transfers in favor of public investment in health, education, and infrastructure. The vote "against" the statement "Implement a universal basic income" correctly reflects Sachs's position in this quote, where he advocates for public services rather than cash transfers. Source URL is correct and points to the primary source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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