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Comment by Alan Beattie
International Economy Editor, The Financial Times
Shifting [...] to a basic income system is essentially saying that we consider the challenges of disability, old age, parenthood and prohibitive rents less important than administrative simplicity and the inefficiencies associated with means-testing
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(2016)
2y ago
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Source URL app.ft.com is paywalled and blocks WebFetch. Web search confirms Alan Beattie is an FT writer (currently senior trade writer, formerly International Economy Editor — matching the bio) but did not return matching text snippets for this specific quote about basic income, disability, parenthood and administrative simplicity. The quote's argument (UBI inadequate for differentiated needs like disability or high housing costs vs targeted welfare) is a plausible and well-formed critique consistent with FT editorial style. Vote 'against' on 'Implement a universal basic income' aligns with the quote. Cannot directly verify via WebFetch (FT paywall) so marking ai_unverifiable.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 2h ago
replying to Alan Beattie