Comment by Richard Murphy

Professor of Practice in International Political Economy
But best of all, the suggestion is cost neutral, fair, cheap to administer and will always mean work pays fairly. Those are goals all political parties say they share. That is why a basic income should appeal to everyone. AI Verified source (2016)
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AI Verified The quote "But best of all, the suggestion is cost neutral, fair, cheap to administer and will always mean work pays fairly. Those are goals all political parties say they share. That is why a basic income should appeal to everyone." was confirmed via web search — search results directly quoted this exact text from Richard Murphy's June 8, 2016 blog post "Why this is the time for a universal basic income" at taxresearch.org.uk. The source URL (taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/06/08/why-this-is-the-time-for-a-universal-basic-income) returns 403 when fetched directly, but the article content was confirmed by the search engine index. Vote alignment (for, re: "Implement a universal basic income") correctly matches the quote's pro-UBI position. Note: Richard Murphy published a 2026 podcast post about UBI, but no direct replaceable quote was found since that page also returned 403. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 10d ago
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