Yoon Seok-yeol: "The ruling party, mentioning President Roosevelt, are all anti-American people"

Seoul Gangdong-gu Campaign: Ruling Party Criticizes 'Anti-Americanism'
Real Estate, Daejang-dong... Lee Checked While Appealing for Support

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[Asia Economy Reporters Junyi Park and Hyunji Kwon] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, criticized the ruling party by saying, "Are they not actually anti-American people when they mention U.S. President Roosevelt?"

On the morning of the 6th, while campaigning in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Candidate Yoon stated, "Looking at the current Democratic Party administration's policies or the pledges of Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, they say they will heavily tax wealthy people to fund public projects to revive the economy."

He pointed out, "People dislike anti-American sentiment and sometimes put on a show. But to say they will boost the economy through public projects under a New Deal policy is nonsense," adding, "The U.S. New Deal was during the Great Depression when the economy was completely ruined and all citizens were receiving rationing."

Earlier, Candidate Lee proposed the U.S. Roosevelt administration's New Deal policy as a model, announcing plans to drive growth through large-scale national investment projects. In contrast, Candidate Yoon directly refuted the Roosevelt-style policy during a TV debate, saying, "Government investment actually suppresses private investment."

On this day, Candidate Yoon said, "Companies currently have a lot of money. They have large cash reserves, but the problem is they cannot invest in South Korea because they do not trust what this government is doing."

He then asked, "Housing prices in Gangdong-gu have risen a lot, haven't they?" and pointed out, "When housing prices skyrocket like this, doesn't it cause serious social problems?" Candidate Yoon added, "The government intentionally caused these skyrocketing prices," and questioned, "Is this a democratic government that serves the people, one that makes all citizens tenants and makes houses so expensive that they cannot be bought, just to maintain their own power?"

He also made remarks to check his rival, Candidate Lee. Yoon said, "While claiming to develop the city, didn't you bring in 350 million won to Kim Man-bae's group and let them take out 850 billion won? You shamelessly boasted that this was the greatest achievement since Dangun, right?" He directly attacked, "Is the party that elected such a corrupt figure as president a clean party? People with many weaknesses and corruption tend to like corrupt people."

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