Lee Han-ju, Director of the Democratic Research Institute, "Lee Jae-myung is a Pragmatist to the Bone... Does Not Make the Establishment Uncomfortable"

"Adopt Practical Policies with Room for Compromise"
"Efforts Needed to Follow Democratic Party Public Sentiment"

Lee Han-joo, head of the Democratic Research Institute, stated on the 4th, "To become a welfare state, we need to increase the (tax) burden a bit more than now."

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On the same day, Lee appeared on MBN and said, "It is not desirable to abolish the structure itself, whether it is the financial investment income tax, inheritance tax, or comprehensive real estate tax."

Regarding former leader Lee Jae-myung's stance on reviewing the comprehensive real estate tax and postponing the financial investment income tax, Lee said, "The comprehensive real estate tax itself cannot be the goal of a political party. After the party convention, there will be various discussions," and explained, "The issue of the comprehensive real estate tax for single-home households cannot be raised when the real estate market is about to explode."

Lee emphasized, "(Former leader Lee) is a pragmatist to the core," adding, "It is not true that he creates policies to make vested interests uncomfortable. He adopts practical policies that he believes can compromise with anyone."

Lee said, "The public sentiment revealed in the last general election was not because the Democratic Party did well, but rather a judgment against the Yoon Seok-youl government," and added, "The Democratic Party must make efforts to follow public sentiment."

Lee is known as 'Lee Jae-myung's strategist' and promoted basic income policies during his tenure as head of the Gyeonggi Research Institute.

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