Ha Tae-kyung: "Lee Jae-myung's Basic Income Is Wordplay, Tired of Waiting for Yoon Seok-youl, Ahn Cheol-soo Is Finished"

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Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, is leaving the funeral hall at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, where a memorial altar was set up for the late Sergeant Lee, who endured sexual violence by a senior officer and attempts at persuasion within the Air Force before taking his own life on the 6th. / Seongnam - Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party who officially declared his candidacy for the presidential election, criticized the basic income proposed by Lee Jae-myung, the ruling party's presidential candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, on the 21st, saying, "There is no time to waste national power on unproductive debates. I hope other candidates do not respond."

Ha appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' that day and said, "Lee has the ability to seriously continue debates using wordplay."

He pointed out, "Looking at the basic income content, it is equivalent to the price of a pack of cigarettes per month," adding, "What kind of basic income is that? It's wordplay. But our society is being captivated by this and having serious discussions about it." He further explained, "I think this itself shows that there is no hope in our society right now," and "The originator of Lee Jae-myung's basic income idea was former President Park Geun-hye (basic pension) who already implemented it."

Ha said, "Lee Jae-myung-style basic income is about 40,000 to 50,000 won per month, which is wordplay," and "No one knows what will happen next, so there is no time to waste national power on such unproductive debates. I hope other candidates do not respond."

He also criticized Lee's claim that basic income is an economic policy rather than a welfare policy. Ha said, "In any case, all fiscal expenditures are economic policies, right? This is also a blatant lie. Spending money continuously whether the economy is good or bad is a welfare policy, and pumping money when the economy is bad is a stimulus policy, which is an economic policy," and questioned, "Isn't Lee's concept of basic income about continuous investment regardless of whether the economy is good or bad?"

Regarding the delay in former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl's political declaration, he evaluated, "The public's patience is wearing thin," and said, "In my view, former Prosecutor General Yoon might be a perfectionist. Even if there are some flaws, he should come out quickly. Isn't the public's patience gradually wearing thin?"

On the issue of the spokesperson's resignation, he stated, "Since it is a mistake made before stepping into the ring, I want to refrain from harsh criticism," and added, "If such behavior continues even after the declaration of candidacy, I think the Yoon Seok-youl phenomenon will gradually disappear."

Regarding Representative Ahn, he concluded, "It's over." When the host asked if Representative Ahn could run independently as a presidential candidate, he replied, "We will not be swayed by such threats from Ahn and will go our own way," and said, "Representative Ahn has made consecutive missteps."

Ha said, "Even during this party convention, I told him to run for party leader rather than president, and I think he would have become party leader," and added, "He has been making continuous mistakes, and with the last mistake, he is ending his own era."

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