People Power Party Criticizes President Lee’s Mention of 'GPU Supplementary Budget' as 'Cash Handout' Ploy

The People Power Party has criticized President Lee Jae-myung for his remarks that "we do not know if we will have a supplementary budget, but GPUs will be needed on an increasingly large scale," stating that "the Lee Jae-myung administration is attempting to use even AI as a justification for another supplementary budget."

Chief Spokesperson Park Soo-young stated in a commentary today (June 27) that "President Lee is stoking the fires of a 'cash-handout supplementary budget' under the guise of AI by hinting at the formation of a second supplementary budget."

Park argued, "If a temporary surplus in tax revenue is expected, it is common sense to use it to reduce national debt and restore fiscal soundness," adding, "However, President Lee is obsessed only with the idea of pouring out fiscal resources for his own political gain. Is the national treasury the President's personal pocket money?"

He further disparaged the move, calling it "a shallow scheme to escape a political crisis by spraying taxpayer money as his approval ratings plummet," and "a dirty trick to buy public sentiment by 'spraying cash'."

He emphasized, "AI competitiveness is built through long-term investment and regulatory innovation, not through one-off supplementary budgets."

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