This isn't that debate IMO, the media is just taking the phrase "basic income" and sticking it on top of unemployment insurance and Keynesian economic ideas aro

This isn't that debate IMO, the media is just taking the phrase "basic income" and sticking it on top of unemployment insurance and Keynesian economic ideas around increasing consumption in times of an economic crisis. I don't think countries care about basic income nor should they in a time like this. Right now it is about keeping people employed and with enough money to cover rent, food, etc.