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Comment by Josef Zotter

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CEO Zotter Chocolates
[With basic income,] people can rest and recover their freedom. Thus basic income would also unleash innovation [and relieve people from their] existential fears.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified The quote directly discusses 'basic income' as a policy and argues for its benefits—freedom, innovation, and relief from existential fear—showing clear support for implementing it as a whole. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly praises basic income, saying it lets people "rest and recover their freedom," "unleash innovation," and relieve "existential fears." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified The source URL on BIEN (published August 10, 2015) explicitly attributes this wording to Josef Zotter: with basic income, “people can rest and recover their freedom. Thus basic income would also unleash innovation.” and relieve people from their “existential fears.” ([basicincome.org](https://basicincome.org/news/2015/08/austrian-chocolate-zotter-basic-income/)) A search snippet from the linked Der Standard interview (July 25, 2015) shows the German original as: “Dann haben die Leute einfach einmal eine Ruhe und bekommen ihre Freiheit zurück. Dadurch können Innovationen losgetreten werden. Die Menschen haben große Existenzängste.” ([derstandard.at](https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000019681222/schelling-arbeitslosengeld-in-oesterreich-ist-zu-hoch?utm_source=openai)) So the submitted quote is a faithful bracketed condensation/translation of adjacent sentences and is correctly attributed to Zotter. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Verified. The source URL (basicincome.org) returned 403 to direct WebFetch, but a web search returned the exact same URL as the top result with a snippet directly quoting Zotter: "people can rest and recover their freedom. Thus basic income would also unleash innovation." This matches the opinion text. Author attribution is correct — Josef Zotter is the well-known CEO of Zotter Chocolates (Austria) and a documented UBI advocate; the original interview was with Der Standard and reported on BIEN. Year (2015) matches the source URL path. Vote alignment is correct: the quote endorses basic income, and the recorded vote on "Implement a universal basic income" is "for". · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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