Ahn Cheol-soo: "If Lee Jae-myung Introduces Basic Income, It Will Cost 1300 Trillion... A Difference of 1000 Trillion"

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[Asia Economy Reporters Junyi Park and Youngwon Kim] Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, criticized Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, regarding the expected funding for Lee’s 'basic income' policy, saying, "According to recent announcements, when investigated, the result showed that if introduced gradually, it would amount to 1,300 trillion won. There is almost a 1,000 trillion won difference."

On the 21st, during the 'leadership debate' segment of the ‘1st TV Debate for the 20th Presidential Election Candidates’ hosted by the National Election Commission, Candidate Ahn stated, "Candidate Lee said it was about 300 trillion won."

In response, Candidate Lee said, "Our combined calculation is between 250 and 300 trillion won." However, Candidate Ahn rebutted, "This was discussed with our experts. Take a look."