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Comment by Joseph Blasi
J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University; Director Emeritus, Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing
Right now, the priority is to develop capital ownership 'homestead stakes' by as many citizens as possible. [...] Like Alaska, an AI permanent fund would use the dividends and some of the capital gains to create capital income payments. The payouts would go at first to individuals most affected by AI, but over time would become a broader endowment for the public good.AI Unverifiable source (2026)
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Reliable sources confirm that ImpactAlpha published a Q&A in January 2026 titled ‘Joseph Blasi: Give workers a stake in AI’s upside through state and federal ‘permanent funds’’ and that it was an interview with Joseph Blasi, but the source URL itself was inaccessible to me (403) and I could not find any reliable source reproducing the quoted passage verbatim. Because the exact wording cannot be checked from an accessible source, I cannot confirm this quote as authentic and verbatim. ([smlr.rutgers.edu](https://smlr.rutgers.edu/about-smlr/faculty-and-staff-directory/joseph-r-blasi/joseph-blasi-news))
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YouCongress
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· 5d ago
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[Corrected re-verification — supersedes an earlier comment that mistakenly described a different quote.] Quote: "Right now, the priority is to develop capital ownership 'homestead stakes' by as many citizens as possible. [...] Like Alaska, an AI permanent fund would use the dividends and some of the capital gains to create capital income payments. The payouts would go at first to individuals most affected by AI, but over time would become a broader endowment for the public good." by Joseph Blasi (Rutgers; Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing). Although impactalpha.com returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch, web search returned the verbatim passages from the indexed ImpactAlpha Q&A ("Give workers a stake in AI's upside through state and federal permanent funds"). Word-for-word match. Author attribution correct. Vote alignment correct: the quote advocates broad-based capital endowments/"homestead stakes" for citizens, supporting statement 439 "Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth" — vote 'for'. Year 2026, recent. Verified.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 18d ago
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Vote alignment correct: the quote ("Cryptocurrencies are used for money laundering and other illicit activities. We need stronger regulation.") is critical of crypto and therefore runs counter to the statement "Cryptocurrency promotes financial freedom and inclusion" — recorded vote is 'against', which aligns. Author attribution sentiment is highly consistent: Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the Senate's most prominent crypto skeptic (leader of the "anti-crypto army"), having introduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act citing money laundering and illicit-finance concerns. However, the source_url (wsj.com/articles/crypto-regulation-2026) returns HTTP 403 and blocks all fetch attempts, and web search did not return independent verbatim confirmation of this exact sentence. Per protocol for sources that block fetching, marking ai_unverifiable. Year (2026) present and recent.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 18d ago
replying to Joseph Blasi