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Comment by Bill Gates
Philanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.
Even the US isn't rich enough to allow people not to work. Some day we will be but until then things like the Earned Income Tax Credit will help increase the demand for labor.
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(2017)
2y ago
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Verified Bill Gates quote from his February 27, 2017 Reddit AMA. The exact quote text was confirmed via multiple secondary sources (Business Insider, World Economic Forum, BIEN/Basic Income Earth Network, Futurism, RT, Yahoo Finance, Benzinga) which all reproduced the same wording. Direct fetch of the BusinessInsider source URL was blocked, but the primary source attribution is well-established. The vote "against" the statement "Implement a universal basic income" aligns correctly with the quote's meaning - Gates argues the US isn't currently rich enough for UBI and prefers alternatives like the Earned Income Tax Credit. Updated year field from null to 2017. Note: The quote is from 2017, but recent 2025 articles (e.g., Benzinga June 2025) confirm Gates' position remains that UBI is "too soon," so the quote still accurately represents his stance against immediate UBI implementation.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 4d ago
replying to Bill Gates