That sounds exactly like the kind of thing we (HN crowd) have been dreaming about. Hopefully we don't end up reading a similar comment down the road about the US!
In this case, direct market manipulation of specific goods paid for by a budget entirely reliant on the price of oil being at historical highs doesn't seem like good policy, even to those who'd vote for Bernie Sanders!
What really matters is not "money on the poor", but economic diversity and sustainability. Let's not latch on to political catchphrases designed to short circuit critical discussion. When people suggest things like basic income on HN, there is always discussion of how to fund it sustainably.
Also, you are accusing the "just give them money, and stop babysitting adults" crowd of supporting cronist populist micromanaged social programs.