Lee “unified tax” motivation of German President may
August 15th is Korea from Japanese colonial recovery 65 anniversary. South Korean President lee myung-bak in this day of an important speech, discuss his future to the Korean peninsula.
To sum up, he expressed the following outline idea: civil unified real recovery, To cross division management phase, toward the peaceful reunification, North Korea, South Korea will surely unity is necessary to “unified tax” substantial scheme. He also expounded in nuclear premise, through peaceful community and economic community, national community three stages of north-south unified.
This talk with him since stage of policy has certain difference, especially explicitly proposed “unified tax” problems caused by the parties, the Korean peninsula.
From “slow series” to “swift reunification”
In South Korea, north and south on the problems about unity has always “swift reunification” and “slow integration theory”.
Mr Kim dae-jung, in two progressive on north Korea, President of national harmony is the sunshine policy, gradual unification, namely through economic cooperation and economic support, bridging the gap between economic and political, military tension relief, build reconciliation and cooperation, and then try the atmosphere unified system.
They think, if use powerful rapidly promote unity must be YuSuBuDa, will give both economic and social brings great burden.
Represents the personage that conservative camp, progressive advocated by economic cooperation and economic aid “slow series” will extend the life of socialist north Korea, the leading to “free” principle of democracy realization north-south unity of purpose. They claim to exert all kinds of pressure, north Korea and hope through international sanctions against the north Korean existing system, the collapse of the “quick unification”, the purpose.
The conservative President lee myung-bak on the stage, is a form of “slow integration theory”. He gave up the sunshine policy, announced “disarmament – open – $3,000″ toward the three-step by north Korea policy, a head-on denunciation.
North Korea that doesn’t get in the international community for their security system, especially the American disarmament, the premise is to disarm. Lee, and the government to north Korea gave up all the economic aid, although he also said north to the ultimate reunification “, but didn’t make meaningful.
The naturalization of lee and the speech, in the unity b situation unexpectedly put forward “unified tax” such a substantial problem, seems to give people a series of “slow” jumped “swift reunification” feeling, motive why sparked speculation that all parties.
Critics think, lee’s proposal did not advance and responsible budget and finance, tax consulting, completely without government does not understand “unified tax” how vast. Also have observers say, since the two stage, lee has been accused of pay no attention to the problem, “unified tax”, is to blame a counterattack.
This QingWaTai official explanation is “unity” – to the speech, especially “unified lee is mainly for unified tax” preparing for the awakening of the nation, the understanding that unity is not light paying lip service, has come to do practical preparation of unity.
North Korea does not accept routinely completely “unified tax” lee, says the full-scale system and then announced. North Korea peaceful reunification committee spokesman lee’s unified so evaluation theory “, “three stages:” Korean war of aggression exercise every day, but establish peace for north and South Korea, destroying the community economic cooperation, but establishing economic community; don’t fulfill Pyongyang 2007 the declaration and the declaration, and hinder 10.4 unified enterprise, but claimed to establish national community. South Korea’s claims. “it is absurd to itself,
The real driving force of the President from Germany
“Unified tax”, Korea, says the opposition criticism roh said north Korea cooperation CengJianLi era has every year, fund of 15,000 billion won ($1.2 billion). Lee, almost stopped after the aid to the north, these funds, but rarely used now astronomical gallop to levy taxes, new ridiculous.
The ruling is force is the policy that “lee, unified tax” is for future unification of large amountexpense fundraising, itself is a kind of reducing the future society instability of the insurance policy. But they also put forward its levy tax “, “the new taxes, as has TingZheng defense duties, or improve VAT.
In fact, “unified tax” in South Korea has been discussed earlier. In 1991, the Korean institute have developed puts forward “unified tax levy, but by the academic circles, think at gun, rambling. In August, 2009 Korean institute provides a tax on the economic integration, the influence of financial report, said if 2011, the unity of the north after 60 years, must make the tax rate (tax of GDP) raise two percentage points, namely from the current 20% to 22% to cope with the cost burden caused by unity.
True to seriously “unified lee government tax” reason, should be in February this year to visit German President in Seoul. He advised Korea German unification of experience and lessons, in order to reduce the impact of future national unity, unified tax collection “early.” South Korean scholars for the unification provides reference for the government fees unification: after 20 years of Germany, the unified fee paid for about 2 trillion euros, and increase the collection of individual income tax and corporate tax 5.5% of GDP in ~ 7.5%.
And in the process of implement, can break the budget. German reunification, had just budget expenses for unity, 59 billion euros in actual expenses for the euro, 2 trillion budget 30 times above.
South Korea’s economy, considering that scholars analysis of Germany, Korea should “learning”, because the present a north and South Korea in the economic gap between the two far. According to newspaper reports, Pyongyang at the level of economic development, from the total economy (GDP), South Korea, north Korea’s 35 times, North Korea’s GDP per capita of seventeen times, because the former population is more than twice. If the “unity”, South Korea will pay much cost?
American rand that 30 years, to make the north Korean economy level to level, South Korea will pay $17,000,
Stanford university scholar calculates, such as the north Korea to increase the incomes of residents in 30 years, 80% level within the time required expenses will be 2 trillion ~ 5 trillion dollars, South Korean academy estimates, unified tax after 20 years, South Korea’s unification “needed fee”, will make every 12 ~ 7% of GDP,
South Korea’s President committee.so do future planning committee, if is “swift reunification,” from 2010 – by years of 30 years, South Korea has to spend $2.14 trillion of “unified fee equivalent to 2009,” the south Korean GDP twice more. But if it is “slow series, unified fee may only need 3,220 billion dollars. In other words, “slow” urgent need only ec “series 1/45 of price.
Whatever the cost price algorithm, always facts. Due to the south of tax collection “, “lee’s rebound too big, published in the third day of the naturalization of speech,” he repeated clarification, unified tax “just let citizens, to discuss the consensus, and didn’t say immediately.
What is worth mentioning, South Korea’s unification ministry competent Pyongyang relationship in early “unity” policy towards the north, specific to write for the people of market economy, textbooks, to teach them how to accept the market economy. South Korea even sent experts and scholars to China, to go through the reform of China since economics textbooks. So, “unified tax” at this time, maybe not just a whim.