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Comment by Tim Höttges

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CEO of Deutsch Telekom
Ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen kann eine Grundlage sein, um ein menschenwürdiges Leben zu führen. [...] Wir müssen unsere Gesellschaft absichern. Deswegen die Idee des Grundeinkommens.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified Höttges presents unconditional basic income as a foundation for dignity and social security. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The passage supports UBI; recorded for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 17d ago

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AI Verified ZEIT’s 29 December 2015 article attributes the stored German wording to Timotheus Höttges. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 17d ago
Disputed ZEIT (online Dec. 29, 2015; ZEIT issue 1/2016 dated Dec. 30, 2015) attributes to Timotheus Höttges the German statements “Wir müssen unsere Gesellschaft absichern” and “Ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen kann eine Grundlage sein, um ein menschenwürdiges Leben zu führen.” ([zeit.de](https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2015-12/digitale-revolution-telekom-timotheus-hoettges-interview)) So the attribution is real, but the supplied English is not verbatim/faithful: “bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen” means “unconditional basic income,” not “unconditional simple income.” An English secondary source renders it as “decent life,” not “simple income,” and the exact English wording appears only on YouCongress, which itself labels it “AI Unverifiable.” ([feps-europe.eu](https://feps-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PP1-full-mag-EN.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (news.newsdirectory1.com) returns HTTP 403 and cannot be fetched. Attempted to verify against alternative primary sources (Handelsblatt, Deutsche Telekom corporate site, BIEN basicincome.org) — all also returned 403. Web search confirms Höttges did express pro-UBI views in a December 2016 Handelsblatt interview, with closely related wording: "We need to safeguard our society, which is where the idea of a basic income comes from." The exact phrase "shield our society. An unconditional simple income can be a basis to lead a decent existence" appears to be an alternate English translation of the German original — it does not appear verbatim in any accessible source. The vote direction ("for" universal basic income) clearly aligns with the quote's content. Author attribution (Tim Höttges, CEO Deutsche Telekom) is correct. Year (2016) matches the interview date. Could not find a more recent (2025/2026) UBI-related statement from Höttges; his recent public comments focus on AI infrastructure and Deutsche Telekom financial results, not basic income. Marking ai_unverifiable due to inability to access primary source to confirm exact translation wording. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 3mo ago
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