Yoon Hee-sook: "The Opposition Party Failed as Real Estate Talibans... Now They Are Stock Talibans"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Former lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook, who gained attention for criticizing the Democratic Party's real estate policies during her tenure, has now targeted the Democratic Party's proposed Financial Investment Income Tax (금투세), calling it the "Stock Taliban."

On the 16th, Yoon posted on her social network service (SNS), "How can one dismiss the efforts to refine the financial system and legal details to avoid market confusion and to prevent the current financial market's critical crisis as a 'tax cut for the rich'? It feels like a d?j? vu from the time of the Lease Protection Act," she said.

Yoon was known for her criticism of the Democratic Party's unilaterally passed 'Lease Protection 3 Laws' in 2020. She stated, "The Democratic Party, trapped in their own doctrine that 'landlords are enemies and tenants are allies,' cheered as they passed the 2020 Lease Protection Act. Ultimately, it caused a shortage of jeonse (long-term lease) housing, plunging tenants into despair," adding, "This marked the beginning of the downfall of the real estate Taliban, who were blinded by extreme fundamentalism and ignored reality."

She continued, "Yet they have learned nothing. Regarding the Financial Investment Income Tax, which taxes financial investment income, the securities firms' system preparations are insufficient, and the market is extremely unstable. Proposals to delay the law's implementation by two years were dismissed as 'tax cuts for the rich,'" criticizing, "They label 15 million stock investors as 'stock speculators' and 'embodiments of greed,' turning them into enemies with a 'divide and rule' gene."

Yoon said, "In their eyes, the world is black and white; the desperate hearts of young people who want to climb the asset ladder but see no path are merely greed to be struck down with a heavy hand," calling them "'professional Taliban' blinded by their own doctrine."

She added, "It is fortunate, regardless of intent, that Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party leader, who has become highly sensitive to public opinion due to judicial risks, proposed a 'cautious approach.' Judging by the behavior of Democratic Party members of the Finance and Economy Committee, it seems the party leader's leadership has been damaged by judicial risks, but I hope they can still gather internal consensus well," she advised.

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