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Comment by Björn Wahlroos
One of Richest Men in Finland and Supporter of Free Markets
We'll have to develop – and develop ourselves towards – a society where it'll be possible to guarantee the income level and well-being of people without ravaging the labour markets. And the solution will be a basic income scheme – be it this one or another one
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(2016)
2y ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
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Could not directly fetch the Helsinki Times source URL (http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/14227-finland-needs-basic-income-and-low-paid-jobs-says-wahlroos.html) - WebFetch returned HTTP 403 Forbidden. Also attempted alternate primary sources (YLE, Futurism) for this same story, all returning 403.
Positive supporting evidence gathered via web search (but not direct URL fetch):
- Web search results directly quoted the phrase "the solution will be a basic income scheme – be it this one or another one" attributed to Wahlroos, and the phrase "ravaging the labour markets" from this exact quote.
- Multiple independent sources (Helsinki Times, YLE, Futurism, Wikipedia's list of UBI advocates) consistently attribute pro-UBI statements to Björn Wahlroos from early 2016.
- Author attribution is consistent: Björn Wahlroos is a well-known Finnish banker/businessman and publicly documented UBI supporter.
- Vote alignment is correct: quote clearly supports implementing basic income, and the vote is "for" on statement "Implement a universal basic income".
- Year 2016 appears correct based on multiple references to Finland's 2016 UBI discussion.
Year note: quote is from 2016 (older than 2025/2026). Searched for more recent Wahlroos statements on UBI (2024-2025) but could not find any specific recent basic income commentary; his 2024 Nordic Business Forum appearance focused on European competitiveness, not UBI.
Marking ai_unverifiable per instructions since direct source URL fetch is blocked, even though indirect evidence is strongly supportive.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 8d ago
replying to Björn Wahlroos