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Political calculation method, the ‘selection principle’ is initially hidden by pre-Chuseok payments
Hong Nam-ki (center), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, announces a comprehensive emergency plan for public welfare at the 8th Joint Briefing of the Emergency Economy Conference held at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno -gu, Seoul on the 10th From left, Lee Jae-gap, Minister of Employment and Labor, Choi Ki-young, Minister of Science and Technology, Information and Communication, Deputy Prime Minister Hong, Minister of Health and Welfare, Park Young-sun, Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises. News 1
There is growing criticism that the second emergency disaster grant, which was created with the intention of “ providing greater support to people in need, ” became a miscellaneous disaster grant, neither I nor I, due to the Party government political calculation method and pay time constraints before Chuseok.
Not only citizens who receive little or no disaster subsidy, as well as those who receive many, are unwilling to accept the government’s unclear selection criteria. The party government maintains that it is “the best option considering the limited budget and the urgency”, but there are not a few oppositions such as “Secondary dispensing of cash to avoid a drop in approval ratings” and “populism of disaster subsidies. “.
“Support for national communication expenses” … Disaster subsidies for the mountains
According to the ‘Comprehensive Measures for the Livelihood and Economy of Urgent People’ announced by the government on the 10th, the government provided 2 trillion won, equivalent to 25% of secondary disaster subsidies prepared as the fourth supplemental budget of 7 , 8 billion won, for ‘universal support’. He plans to spend the corresponding national communication expenses and alleviate the burden of parental care in elementary school.
Specifically, 90% of the total population (46.4 million people) who receive support for communication costs of 20,000 won. Households with 5.32 million children under the age of 12 can also receive 200,000 won of undetected disaster assistance. In fact, most people were included in the second “broad and shallow” disaster grant.
The immediate effect of the support is questioned. This is because it is not known how much the original purpose of the ‘damage support’ disaster grant will be achieved with a one-time payment of 20,000 won per person, including those who receive support for communication costs.
Even the opposition parties, which agreed to organize the fourth supplementary administration to create the second disaster grant, expressed their intention not to be able to cooperate with the approval of the National Assembly.
Ho-young Joo, the National Power of People’s Power, established the day as “Lee Nak-yeon’s populism beyond Moon Jae-in’s populism,” and Justice Party Director General Shim Sang-jeong, He also criticized the ruling government party, saying: “Support for the self-employed, which should be dense, is too low, and support for communication spending for free public opinion is too low.”
It is criticized that the child care allowance does not go through the selection process based on income level, and that resources are spent to go to those who need more support.
Dankook University professor Kim Tae-gi said: “In accordance with government policy, the four-member households of two elementary school students who are in the top 10% of their income receive a fund of 440,000 won disaster support in addition to communication fees and child care expenses. He pointed out that 40,000 won is all “and” how can you call this targeted support? “
Job classification is sloppy too … Small business owners and special high school workers are also dissatisfied
There has also been discontent among small business owners, workers with special employment (special advisers) and unemployed youth who said the government will provide intensive support through its own selection process.
The government plans to provide a 1 million won management stabilization fund to small businesses with annual sales of less than 400 million won, whose sales declined after the reappearance of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). However, there is criticism for establishing a uniform cutoff standard due to time, in a situation where declines in sales vary greatly by industry.
For example, small business owners in the foodservice and travel-related industries will not receive additional support if their sales last year exceeded 400 million won per year, even if their sales decreased to one-tenth. this year. According to government quarantine guidelines, it is also controversial that a 2 million won management stabilization fund has been awarded to song practice centers and PC rooms that were not opened at all in accordance with the guidelines. government quarantine, while entertainment bars and dance halls meeting quarantine guidelines were excluded from support due to public sentiment. .
Furthermore, although it has decided to contribute 500,000 won each to 200,000 unemployed youth, controversy is expected in the future as it cannot provide a clear selection criteria. Special high school workers who have been self-employed since July and earn little money are likely to find themselves in the support blind spot because it is difficult to show that their income declines after August.
“Fading of the principles of selection in the political count”
The analysis is strong in that the reason why the second disaster grant with the principle of selective support became a miscellaneous disaster grant was neither for me nor for me due to the political calculation method of the passport.
In the case of support for communication costs, in the past, only the young and the elderly tried to support, but as concern grew about the opposition of the main supporters of the ruling party, those in their 30s and 50s , expanded to the public. Given that the age of parents in primary school is concentrated in the 30s and 40s, an analysis shows that the goal of child care support has also expanded from preschool-age children to primary school students.
The announcement of “Pay Before Chuseok” without sufficient review is also mentioned as the background of the poor selection criteria. The government also initially announced a policy to meticulously evaluate according to the decline in sales, but as the payment before Chuseok became official, the time-consuming screening operation was canceled or drastically reduced.
Hyeon-soo Choi, a researcher at the Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs, said: “If we repeatedly emphasized that it was not universal support, we should have even done personalized screening support.” “The result of raising it,” he criticized.
Sejong = Jaeyong min reporter [email protected]
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