自民、総額６０兆円要望　現金・助成金、クーポン―新型コロナ経済対策

　自民党は３０日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受けた政府の経済対策策定に向け、党としての提言案をまとめた。現金・助成金の支給に加え、消費活性化のためのクーポン発行などを中心に、対策全体の規模を国費ベースで２０兆円、民間事業も含めた事業規模で６０兆円とするよう要望。深刻化する危機に大規模な対応を求めた。
　岸田文雄政調会長が３１日、安倍晋三首相に提出する。提言案によると、リーマン・ショック後の２００９年４月に策定した経済対策（国費１５．４兆円、事業規模５６．８兆円）を上回るものにすべきだとしている。このうち、現金給付などの措置には１０兆円超の支出が必要だとした。（2020/03/30-20:01）

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday drafted a proposal for the government to take economic measures worth 60 trillion in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
   The draft, including cash handouts and subsidies, as well as the distribution of shopping coupons to shore up consumption, calls for 20 trillion yen in government spending. LDP policy chief Fumio Kishida is set to submit the proposal to the government on Tuesday.
   The draft says that the government should come up with an economic package larger than the 56.8-trillion-yen package drawn up in April 2009, after the September 2008 collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers. The 2009 package featured 15.4 trillion yen in government spending.
   The draft says that more than 10 trillion yen should be secured for cash and other benefits.
   The LDP said that the government should provide "bold cash benefits" to individuals and households with sharp income drops, and small businesses and sole proprietors whose sales have plummeted.