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Comment by Bill Mitchell

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A basic income guarantee is a neo-liberal strategy for serfdom without the work ... In addition to a Job Guarantee we also demand a Services Guarantee. It is no good having a bare minimum income if the dentists and doctors and shops in your town are closed and the public transport system is deficient.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified Mitchell explicitly rejects basic income guarantee in favor of job and services guarantees. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The passage opposes UBI; recorded against is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Bill Mitchell’s 5 April 2017 post contains the stored passage. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 18d ago
Disputed William Mitchell’s article at p=35705 contains the first clause as the article title, and later in the text it includes the Job Guarantee/Services Guarantee passage with the sentence about dentists, doctors, shops, and deficient public transport, so the wording is substantially present in the source and attributed to him. However, the page is dated April 5, 2017, not 2016, so the attribution year you supplied is incorrect. ([billmitchell.org](https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=35705)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL bilbo.economicoutlook.net (now billmitchell.org) returns 403/blocks WebFetch. Web search confirms Bill Mitchell's blog post titled exactly 'A basic income guarantee is a neo-liberal strategy for serfdom without the work' at the matching URL ID (?p=35705). Mitchell is a well-known MMT economist who consistently opposes BIG/UBI in favor of a Job Guarantee. The quote's framing about Job Guarantee + Services Guarantee aligns with his standard MMT argument. Vote 'against' on 'Implement a universal basic income' aligns clearly. Note: search indicates publication date April 2017, while opinion is marked 2016 — minor discrepancy. Cannot directly verify via WebFetch so marking ai_unverifiable. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 3mo ago
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