Lee Jun-seok on the ruling party's review of '20s income tax exemption': "Just a festival of empty promises"

"The Desperate Lee Jae-myung Camp Starts a Promise Extravaganza"

Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party (second from the right), is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 11th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Amid media reports that the Democratic Party of Korea is considering a pledge to exempt income tax for people in their 20s, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, criticized on the 14th, calling it a "nonsense pledge festival." It is known that the Democratic Party is currently reviewing a pledge not to collect income tax from people in their 20s with an annual salary of 50 million won or less.

On the same day, Lee posted on his Facebook, directly attacking, "The desperate Lee Jae-myung camp is starting a nonsense pledge festival following a nonsense talk festival."

He sarcastically said, "The idea of completely exempting income tax for a specific generation rather isolates people in their 20s. What kind of fairness is it that a 29-year-old at work pays no income tax, but suddenly at 30, income tax is collected? Is it a birthday present?"

He added, "Our country already operates with various deduction systems applied to income tax."

Lee also pointed out, "No matter how much income tax is exempted, the house prices that the Democratic Party has raised by hundreds of millions of won cannot be earned through earned income," and urged, "Let's think about lowering house prices through housing supply."

Furthermore, he added, "When Lee Jae-myung was governor of Gyeonggi Province, I wondered why the slogan 'New Gyeonggi, Fair World' was plastered all over the metropolitan buses, but this is exactly Lee Jae-myung-style divisive fairness."

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