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Comment by Dany Lang

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Economist. Associate Professor at University of Paris 13. Researcher at CNRS.
I don't believe in the relevance of the universal basic income proposal. [...] Personally, it is a proposal that embodies the idea of the end of work, i.e. it will not be possible any more to ensure full employment for all. However, in a society where there are many social needs not yet fulfilled, because the market mechanisms do not manage to satisfy them and because the Government, both central and local, does not take its own responsibilities, there is space for more work and for better shared work. [...] For me, the universal basic income is a weapon of massive destruction against the welfare state.
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AI Verified The quote explicitly discusses the 'universal basic income proposal' itself and clearly rejects it, calling it 'a weapon of massive destruction against the welfare state.' This directly addresses the full policy of implementing a universal basic income. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly opposes it: the author says they "don't believe in the relevance of the universal basic income proposal" and calls it "a weapon of massive destruction against the welfare state." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The RT France interview dated 24 January 2017 identifies Dany Lang and contains the matching French passages: “je ne crois pas en la pertinence de la proposition de revenu universel,” “c’est une proposition qui acte l’idée de la fin du travail… le plein emploi ne pourra plus être assuré pour tous,” “il y a de la place pour davantage de travail et pour un travail mieux partagé,” and later “Pour moi, le revenu universel est une arme de destruction massive contre l’Etat social.” The English wording you provided is a faithful translation with omitted text marked by [...]. ([francais.rt.com](https://francais.rt.com/opinions/32913-revenu-universel-est-arme-destruction-massive-contre-etat-social)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (francais.rt.com) is blocked by egress proxy and cannot be directly fetched. However, web search provides strong indirect confirmation: (1) Dany Lang is confirmed as an economist/associate professor at Université Paris 13 (now Sorbonne Paris Nord) and CNRS researcher — matching the author biography. (2) The CEPN (Centre d'Economie de Paris 13) website lists this exact article title "Le revenu universel est une arme de destruction massive contre l'État social" attributed to Dany Lang, dated January 24, 2017. (3) Search results describe Lang's position on UBI in detail, matching the quote content: opposition to UBI as accepting the "end of work", concern it would replace the welfare state, and the exact "weapon of massive destruction" phrasing. (4) Vote alignment is correct: vote is "against" implementing UBI, which matches the quote's strong opposition. The quote appears to be an English translation of the original French article. Marking as ai_unverifiable solely because the source URL (RT France) is blocked and cannot be directly verified. The CEPN university page (cepn.univ-paris13.fr) also blocked. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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