The future unification party chairman Jong-In Kim's emergency countermeasures have virtually formalized the introduction of basic income today.

"I don't like the word conservative itself," Kim said at the first meeting of the UNDP held at the National Assembly Hall. I pointed out.

He said, "It's no different to come to the United Party. It's the most important thing how this party embodies real freedom. It is the basic goal of politics how to maximize material freedom."

'Formal freedom' mentioned by Chairman Kim is a traditional concept of freedom guaranteed by laws and institutions.

His criticism was that the freedom of liberal democracy, which the Conservatives, including the United Party, had pursued, was limited to this formal freedom.

In terms of form, even if various freedoms are guaranteed, it is the practical freedom emphasized by Kim whether it can be realized.

Anyone can pursue their own freedom, but it is also the theoretical background of the introduction of basic income with the logic that it cannot be achieved without supporting jobs or income.

Chairman Kim pointed out that "the main goal of economic policy is price stability, employment, balance of balance of payments, etc., but ultimately only sub-objectives to expand (substantial) freedom."

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