> I'm pro basic income, but definitely don't support paying more to be unproductive than productive.

And if COVID has proven anything, its that the most productive workers are the ones who didn't even get a chance to earn the additional $600.

The essential employees, the ones that keep the country running, are forced to continue making a less-than-livable wage.

It's a very outdated notion that there is a linear correlation between "productivity" and pay.