Sixty percent of South Koreans aged 20 or older were unwilling to pay more taxes to finance more spending on welfare for them, a poll said Monday.
The survey of 1,000 adults nationwide found that 26 percent of respondents said taxes should be reduced even though welfare benefits are cut. About 25.4 percent described the current taxes and level of welfare benefits as "appropriate," and 8.6 percent said they had no idea, according to the poll, conducted in December and released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.
This means that six out of 10 people were reluctant to shoulder extra tax burdens to offset more welfare expenditures.
The survey said 18.5 percent of those questioned said they were satisfied with the government's health and welfare benefits, while 28.2 percent of respondents said they did not. The rest said "so so."
By Keat Min Woo
The survey of 1,000 adults nationwide found that 26 percent of respondents said taxes should be reduced even though welfare benefits are cut. About 25.4 percent described the current taxes and level of welfare benefits as "appropriate," and 8.6 percent said they had no idea, according to the poll, conducted in December and released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.
This means that six out of 10 people were reluctant to shoulder extra tax burdens to offset more welfare expenditures.
The survey said 18.5 percent of those questioned said they were satisfied with the government's health and welfare benefits, while 28.2 percent of respondents said they did not. The rest said "so so."
By Keat Min Woo
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