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Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki, who is in charge of the government's finances, in response to the remarks of Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon, through social media, said it was a little difficult.
It takes a huge amount of money to pay all the people, but as the debt has already increased due to the coronavirus, the national fiscal soundness must be considered.
Subsequently, reporter Hwa Kang-yoon reports.
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5 hours after CEO Nak-yeon Lee's speech, Vice Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki responded through social media.
Even if additional disaster subsidies are inevitable, it said it would be difficult for the government to accept universal support and selective support at once.
He emphasized the policy of selective support, saying, "The value of the right place to apply where you need it is important," rather than supporting the whole people.
Although we have stepped back in formulating an additional budget for the 4th disaster support payment, we have set aside for the universal payment of the whole nation.
Earlier, we issued a large-scale deficit government three times to prepare disaster support funds, and the debt-to-GDP ratio soared more than 9 percentage points in two years.
It is pointed out that it is more important to prepare financial resources that consider fiscal soundness through fiscal reform rather than universal or selective methodology.
[Lee Sang-min/Nara Salim Research Center: If we can improve the situation where money is left on one side and money is insufficient on the other side, there is room to raise money through fiscal reform.]
However, as there is no disagreement on the 4th disaster support payment, discussions between the party governments for the formation of an additional supplement are expected to take place in earnest next month when the 3rd support payment is over.