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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.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified The quote is directly endorsing the policy of a basic income overall, describing it as fair, cheap to administer, and broadly appealing. That makes the author's positive stance on implementing a universal basic income clear enough. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote describes a basic income positively as "cost neutral, fair, cheap to administer" and says "a basic income should appeal to everyone," which clearly supports it. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the exact passage appears verbatim in Richard Murphy’s June 8, 2016 post "Why this is the time for a universal basic income" at the cited Tax Research UK URL; the article text contains the three sentences exactly as quoted (HTML line 43), and the page indicates it is by Murphy ("This article by me..." on his blog). A PDF copy of the same article also reproduces the passage verbatim on page 2, lines 42–44. ([taxresearch.org.uk](https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/06/08/why-this-is-the-time-for-a-universal-basic-income/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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 · 3mo ago
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