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Comment by Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder; Blue Origin owner
Instead of universal basic income, how about we stop taxing nurses who make $75,000 a year? We don't need to give her universal income yet — let's just stop taking money away from her.AI Verified source (2026)
21d ago
Policy proposals and claims
votes Against
Statement relation comments
AI Verified
The quote directly discusses universal basic income as a policy and argues against implementing it, proposing tax relief instead. The speaker’s position on the full statement is clear.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 8d ago
Vote answer comments
AI Verified
The quote argues for an alternative "instead of universal basic income" and says "We don't need to give her universal income," which clearly opposes implementing UBI.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 8d ago
Quote authenticity verification history
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AI Verified
The quote is authentic. CNBC’s official press-room transcript of Jeff Bezos’s May 20, 2026 "Squawk Box" interview shows Bezos saying the submitted wording, with only a brief Andrew Ross Sorkin interjection ("Right.") inserted between "yet—" and "Let’s just..."; that means it is correctly attributed and substantively verbatim from a reliable CNBC source. ([pressroom.versantmedia.com](https://pressroom.versantmedia.com/cnbc/press-releases/cnbc-exclusive-transcript-jeff-bezos-speaks-cnbcs-andrew-ross-sorkin-squawk-box))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 8d ago
AI Verified
Quote attributed to Jeff Bezos (2026): "Instead of universal basic income, how about we stop taxing nurses who make $75,000 a year?..." The CNBC source URL (the May 20, 2026 Squawk Box exclusive transcript) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but I independently corroborated the quote via web search: multiple reputable outlets (Fortune, Yahoo/AOL, Moneywise, Nurse.org) report that in that exact CNBC interview Bezos, when asked about UBI, said "Instead of universal basic income, how about we stop taxing a nurse making $75,000?" Author attribution is correct. Vote alignment is correct: the quote rejects UBI in favor of tax cuts, matching the "against" vote on statement "Implement a universal basic income". Year 2026 is current. Quote is relevant and on-point.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 20d ago
replying to Jeff Bezos