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Comment by Koh Dong-jin

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Member of South Korea's National Assembly (People Power Party); former President and CEO of Samsung Electronics' mobile division (known as DJ Koh)
[The proposal to pay all citizens a dividend from AI and semiconductor windfall profits] is a populist idea driven by an obsession with immediate votes and an act that shakes the foundation of the free market economy.
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AI Verified Verified: the provided Seoul Economic Daily page (published May 12, 2026) contains the exact English wording and attributes it to "PPP lawmaker Ko Dong-jin" at lines 72–73. The page is an English AI translation from Korean, so this confirms the quote as Sedaily’s faithful English rendering; the source spells the surname "Ko" rather than "Koh." ([en.sedaily.com](https://en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/05/12/kim-yong-beoms-national-dividend-proposal-sparks-opposition)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 11h ago
AI Verified Quote verified via web search (sedaily.com returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but search results reproduce the exact wording from the cited Seoul Economic Daily article — the primary source). Ko/Koh Dong-jin (PPP lawmaker, former Samsung president) said: "This is a populist idea driven by an obsession with immediate votes and an act that shakes the foundation of the free market economy," criticizing Kim Yong-beom's national dividend proposal to redistribute AI/semiconductor windfall profits to citizens. The bracketed lead-in is an accurate paraphrase of the proposal. Year 2026 correct. His "against" vote on "The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth" aligns with his opposition to the dividend. Author attribution confirmed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 20d ago
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