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Comment by Chris Hughes
Co-founder of Facebook
I’m supportive of the idea of a basic income over the long term and believe that one day something of this size will likely be necessary to cope with the impact of automation and globalized trade on the United States.
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(2016)
2y ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
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Unable to fetch the source URL (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-hughes/the-case-for-cash-for-all_b_10004590.html) — both the original http URL and the huffpost.com redirect returned HTTP 403 (blocks AI fetchers). The web.archive.org mirror is also blocked from this environment.
What I could confirm via web search:
- Chris Hughes (Facebook co-founder) did author an article titled "The Case for Cash for All" published on HuffPost on May 17, 2016, with a Medium cross-post (medium.com/@chrishughes/the-case-for-cash-for-all-612db8ab7e94). This matches the cited source.
- The article's subject (universal tax credits / basic income as a response to automation and globalization) aligns with the quote.
- Hughes's publicly reported stance in 2016 was supportive of a long-term basic income, consistent with the paraphrase "a modest basic income, which is not exactly the UBI ... that one day may be necessary" cited in coverage of him — which closely mirrors the quote under review.
- The vote direction "for" on "Implement a universal basic income" aligns with the quote's expressed support.
However, I could not verify the exact verbatim wording against the primary source because the URL blocks AI access, so I am marking this ai_unverifiable rather than verified. Year (2016) matches the known publication date; author attribution and vote alignment appear correct on indirect evidence.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 8d ago
replying to Chris Hughes