Gyeonggi Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong, who claims basic income, and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who promotes a safe income, are fighting each day.
Welfare policy is expected to emerge as an important topic ahead of next year's presidential election as big-scale politicians continue to fight over whether it is universal or selective support.
First, Governor Lee Jae-myeong, who opened fire, criticized Mayor Oh as a shortsighted prescription that is not suitable for the era of polarization of low growth, yesterday (28th).
In response, Mayor Oh criticized the governor's policy, saying, "Basic income is a wrapper that rationalizes money distribution."
Mayor Oh said, "Basic income is nothing more than a patronage of cash and temporary bailouts." Built up.
In addition, he argued for the security income he promotes as "a special effect of resolving polarization by minimizing the burden of additional financial resources, inspiring work motivation, and supporting more difficult people to grow into the middle class."
Regarding this, Governor Lee pointed out on his social media today that "Seoul alone should reveal how to raise an estimated 17 trillion won for safe income so that the doubt that it is a wasteful pledge to deceive citizens will be resolved."
In particular, according to the principle of safe income that 50% of the difference between median income and real income is paid to households with median income or less, it is pointed out that there is a high possibility of avoidance of employment as subsidies may be reduced if there is an income compared to non-working families.
Governor Lee pointed out that it is unreasonable to be discriminated against in the benefits of tax expenditures, and promoted that basic income is fair and has no stigma effect, and that there is also an effect of economic growth resulting from increased sales through the payment of local currency.