[정치]Disaster Relief Equity Controversy for Small-Scale Merchants … “Limited by Sales Standards”



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Secondary support fund, personalized support plan based on degree of damage first
It is too short to check “how much sales have decreased”
Businesses that are suspended or restricted receive collective support regardless of sales
Excluding the self-employed ‘100 million won’ based on annual sales of 100 million won

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In accordance with the quarantine guidelines, the ruling government party has made a clear decision to pay subsidies from the second disaster in a lump sum to closed or restricted companies.

However, in other cases, it is planned to select targets according to sales, so it seems inevitable that the fairness controversy over the detection support criteria is inevitable.

Reporter Song Jae-in’s report.

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“We apply thicker to those who need it.”

As Democratic Party Representative Lee Nak-yeon has emphasized, this disaster support fund was planned to be ‘customized’ based on the extent of Corona 19’s damage, including the magnitude of the decline in sales.

[최인호 / 더불어민주당 수석 대변인 (지난 6일, 당정청 협의 결과 브리핑) : 매출 감소 소상공인에게는 소상공인 새희망자금 지원을….]

However, until Chuseok, which was established as the time of payment, it was difficult to consider declining sales.

In the end, if the harm is obvious, the leadership has shifted towards providing collective support for each industry regardless of grade.

These include high-risk businesses such as karaoke rooms and PC cafes that have been discontinued in accordance with the policy to strengthen social distancing, and businesses that are prohibited from eating indoors at night due to the application of 2.5 steps of distancing.

Additionally, we plan to support special jobs as teachers after school with the Emergency Job Stability Support Fund and support small businesses that went out of business amid the Corona 19 crisis to recover.

This takes into account backlash from screening support, such as administrative costs and concerns about blind spots during the targeting process.

[김진표 / 민주당 코로나19 국난극복위원회 공동위원장 : 지나치게 엄격한 기준이나 현장 실사 이런 걸 해서는 이 주 내에 처리도 못 하고 현장에서 갈등만 많이 일어나리라고 생각합니다. 그래서 최소한의 요건만 확인하고 지급할 수 있도록….]

However, controversy persists over support for screening.

For small business owners who are not directly affected by social distancing, this is because sales are the foundation of support.

We decided to use only the data we had already collected to identify small businesses with less than a certain amount of sales.

[김상조 / 청와대 정책실장 (MBC 라디오) : 가능한 한 본인이 자신의 소득을 증명할 필요가 없는 방식으로 정부가 이미 갖고 있는 행정자료와 전달체계를 통해서 대상을 선별하고 신속하게 지급하는 시스템으로 구축하려고 합니다.]

Based on last year’s reported sales, this year’s Corona 19 damage is not reflected, which is contrary to the purpose of the policy, and the accuracy of the sales data for the first half of this year is not yet guaranteed.

Above all, if the payment standard is set solely by sales, it is difficult to measure the damages of the self-employed, which inevitably leads to a controversy over equity.

For example, if you set annual sales of 100 million won or less as the supporting standard, you will not be eligible for subsidies if you generate 100 million won of sales.

[김남근 / 참여연대 정책위원 : 경계선에 많은 분이 있기 때문에, 거기에서 형평성 문제가 생길 거 아니겠어요? 나도 비슷한 업종인데 나는 전혀 대상이 아니고 비슷한 업종인데 어디는 대상이 된다 이런….]

In the end, the party government changed the direction of support slightly, saying that it would select the goals for the second disaster grant, but pay it closer to universal within the goals.

However, since those who are excluded from the limit of any criteria are sure to come to light, there seems to be room for a controversy about fairness even after payment.

YTN Song Jae-in[[email protected]]it is.

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