![[20-39] A Study on the Future Policy Public Opinion for the Preferred Future](/app/board/attach/image/thumb-2902-1624521344000.do)
The aim of this study is to draw up policy challenges to realize the future society preferred by the people. The National Assembly Futures Institute confirmed that the people prefer the future, in which preserving the environment and resources for future generations should be the most important goal of society. We have discussed what policies are needed to realize the preferred future through discussions of with various experts.
The policy tasks discussed with experts were surveyed, and the opinions of the people were requested. The results of the survey showed four policy implications. First, the energy consumption efficiency of large cities must be prioritized over the expansion of renewable energy generation, and it is said that carbon reduction and absorption are needed in cities. Second, the flexibility of labor should be expanded based on the premise of the right of freelancers in the labor field and their need for occupational safety. As platform workers are expanding, companies that are utilizing them should pay a fair price for their labor and strengthen their responsibility for worker safety. Third, the elderly should be prioritized rather than young people as the subjects of social welfare. Gaps in the basic pension payment system for the elderly should be resolved, and the level of their pensions should be raised so that they can maintain their livelihood. Fourth, it is necessary to establish a public system of social care. To accomplish this, it is necessary to regularly produce and analyze statistics on various family forms and living communities.
In carrying out this survey, we found that the people’s opinions on labor policy and transportation policy are not well-aligned. First, the people’s opinions did not lean to either side of the question of comprehensive stabilization policy and flexibility policy in labor policy. Second, when asked whether it should be a priority to build infrastructure based on electric cars in traffic policy or to build infrastructure based on hydrogen cars, the opinions of the people were mixed. The two issues were considered to require a deep discussion, and a deliberation discussion was held in which 200 people participated.
As a result, it was found that the participants preferred a comprehensive stabilization policy rather than a flexible policy, and it was judged that it is important to protect the labor rights of the vulnerable in the long term. In the area of traffic policy, the public preferred to switch energy to electric cars within 10 years and then hydrogen cars. As such, when eco-friendly cars appear in the future, we expect changes in the public transportation-oriented system, the spread of the sharing economy, and changes in housing and labor policy.
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