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Comment by Jim Pugh
CEO of @ShareProgress and co-founder UniversalIncome.org Former CTO of @RebuildDream and Director of Analytics & Development for @BarackObama
What if robots stealing our jobs could actually be a good thing, rather than something to fear? That’s the thinking behind Basic Income.
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Author attribution checks out: Jim Pugh is confirmed as co-founder of Universal Income Project (universalincome.org), CEO of ShareProgress, host of the Basic Income Podcast, and former Director of Analytics for Obama's campaign. He is a well-known UBI advocate, so the quote's pro-basic-income sentiment is consistent with his public positions. Vote alignment is correct: the quote frames Basic Income positively ("could actually be a good thing"), matching the "for" vote on "Implement a universal basic income". However, the source URL (medium.com) is blocked by the egress proxy, so I cannot verify that the article actually contains this exact quote. Marking as ai_unverifiable due to inability to access the source.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 4d ago
replying to Jim Pugh