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Comment by Dominick Stephens

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Westpac Chief Economist
Universal basic income is worth considering
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Unverifiable The cited RadioLIVE URL now returns 404, so the original page is not available to check directly. I did find an RNZ item from 22 March 2016 confirming that Dominick Stephens discussed a "$200 universal allowance" in New Zealand, which matches the topic and timeframe, and a secondary aggregator repeats the exact line "Universal basic income is worth considering" for Stephens—but that aggregator itself labels the source AI-unverifiable. I could not locate a reliable primary or archived source containing that exact wording and attribution, so I cannot verify it as a real verbatim quote. ([]()) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable The source URL (radiolive.co.nz) returns a 403 Forbidden error and the page appears to have been removed or restructured. I was unable to find an archived version of the page or any alternative source containing this exact quote from Dominick Stephens. While multiple references (including BIEN archives from 2016) confirm that Westpac Chief Economist Dominick Stephens did express support for universal basic income in 2016, I could not locate the specific RadioLive article or verify the exact wording "Universal basic income is worth considering." The quote reads more like an article headline than an actual direct quote. Additionally, the vote direction ("for" on "Implement a universal basic income") is slightly misaligned -- "worth considering" suggests openness rather than outright support for implementation, though it's arguably close enough. Stephens has since moved to the NZ Treasury (2021-2022) and no recent statements on UBI were found. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 2mo ago
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