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Comment by Darrick Hamilton

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Economist. Professor at New School, New York
The fundamental point is providing people with capital at a key point in their life, so they can get into an asset that will passively appreciate over their lifetime.
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AI Verified Verified: the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy page "Baby Bonds and the Future of Economic Security in America" (the January 2026 source URL you provided) contains the exact sentence and attributes it to Hamilton: it introduces it as “The fundamental point,” says Dr. Hamilton, followed by the quoted sentence. The same wording also appears on the Institute’s "Baby Bonds History" page as “Hamilton says,” supporting both verbatim wording and attribution to Darrick Hamilton. ([racepowerpolicy.org](https://racepowerpolicy.org/2026/01/baby-bonds-past-present-future/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Checked all dimensions. Year: 2026 (current; article dated Jan 2026). Author: Darrick Hamilton, economist (New School) and the originator of the "baby bonds" proposal — quote is squarely his signature idea. Vote alignment: statement "Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth" with a "for" vote is correct — Hamilton's "baby bonds" is precisely a federally funded capital endowment given at birth, and he argues the "fundamental point is providing people with capital at a key point in their life, so they can get into an asset that will passively appreciate over their lifetime." Source: direct fetch of racepowerpolicy.org returns HTTP 403 to automated requests, but an independent web search returned the verbatim quote attributed to Hamilton on the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy (racepowerpolicy.org) baby bonds material, confirming the source contains the quote. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 18d ago
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