[취재일기]Soulless economic bureaucrat

Barn building has been favored since ancient times, but these days, barn building in Korea is not zero. It is the story of Hong Nam-ki, Deputy Prime Minister of the Economy and Minister of Strategy and Finance, Shin Se-in, who is the’North Korean’ every day. The crucifixion aimed at Deputy Prime Minister Hong continued in recent years.

“Is this country the country of the Ministry of Equipment?” (Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun on the 20th)
“It is not a good idea to write less unconditionally while shouting financial soundness.” (Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong on the 23rd)
“What would it be if you condemned the kiosk of the Ministry of the Interior?” (Lee Nak-yeon, CEO of the Democratic Party, on the 23rd)

It was sad to hear about Lee Nak-yeon. ‘Bust’ is not a word used by the lower person to the upper person, even if the upper person uses it when the lower person is pushing the lower person. It was revealed that he was intact enough to take the abuse for granted. The words’Hong Baek Ki (white 旗, meaning of surrender)’ and’Hong Du Sami (Hong Nam Ki + Yong Du Sami)’ float around the head of the’Economic Control Tower’ that you must believe and follow. Shall I do it?

Last year alone, the ruling party pushed for the formation of the 4th supplementary budget (additional budget) and the national payment for emergency disaster support, and Deputy Prime Minister Hong repeated the dissenting opinion and then closed it. In the meantime, former Democratic Party leader Lee Hae-chan mentioned Hong’s gyeonggi (March), or Hong expressed his appreciation and even rejected the president (November). When he was asked to quit, or said he would quit, even though his position as the deputy prime minister of the economy was not the position of the class president, Marley made a skit. Despite the hard work, even the deputy prime minister has been hit back and forth, so even those who have passed the’responsibility’, which is said to be the flower of the 5th grade civil service exam (administrative examination), are inclined to avoid the register.

The downed base phase is the result of the three combinations. Irresponsible bureaucracy, ruling party pushing, and bystander president. A former deputy prime minister for economy pointed out, “In the past, there were times when the positions of the Blue House and the ruling party were different from the Ministry of Information and Transportation, but the vice-prime has never even brought up a public resignation.”

The ‘energetic’ economic bureaucrat and the ‘energetic’ president should be left only as memories. It is not necessary to go back to the days of former President Chun Doo-hwan, who spoke of the late Prime Minister Nam Deok-woo and Kim Jae-ik, head of the economy, who served as Minister of Finance from 1969 to 1974 and led the rapid growth of the Korean economy.

During the Kim Dae-jung administration, former Minister of Finance and Economy Lee Gyu-sung is regarded as the best minister who overcame the foreign exchange crisis with his persevering efforts to compromise with the President and push to the end. In the days of the Roh Moo-hyun administration, the former Minister of Planning and Budget Byeon Yang-gyun, who did not spare any unstoppable bitterness, was spoken. In the days of the Lee Myung-bak administration, there was MB, who received the opinion with former Minister of Technology, Yoon Jeung-hyun, who pushed for economic policy beliefs, saying, “Isn’t it the President?”

It also contrasted with the status of the US Treasury Department, where a new government was recently launched. Of the seven dollar bills, two people appeared as models without being president. These are Benjamin Franklin,’Founding Father’ and Alexander Hamilton, the first Treasury Secretary. Hamilton communicated with the federal government to solve the problem of debt accumulated during the Revolutionary War and laid the foundation for the American economy. In the United States, he celebrates him on a ten dollar bill.

It is time for economic bureaucrats to take care of the soul (confidence) as a technocrat (a bureaucrat with specialized skills), and the Blue House and the ruling party as a big politician (the future of the country). The task of the Deputy Prime Minister of Economy is to securely protect the country’s barns and unwind when necessary. Even in a difficult environment, policies should be promoted with the idea of ​​persuading all players, including the Blue House and the National Assembly, as well as the people. For the real success of the Moon Jae-in administration, the Blue House and the ruling party should solve the economy with economic logic instead of populism with elections in mind. Next year, the debt of Narat will reach 1,000 trillion won. The time has come to take hold of each soul.

Reporter Kim Ki-hwan, Economic Policy Team