They're paying over 5 years, so assuming equal payments, roughly $2.16 billion per year. The 2021 national budget is estimated at $469.8 billion[1], so about 0.5% of the budget.<p>I see another comment here questioning whether the South Korean government can really be trusted to be good stewards of that much money. I don't know. Samsung has certainly done a lot for the country. Maybe the kids would do just as much good as the father. Let's not pretend government has done nothing for them, though. The Samsung family today hasn't starved in a famine or been executed by a despot because of the actions of governments. My old battalion, the 3/8 CAV, was nearly completely wiped out in a single day back in 1950 in Unsan trying to ensure South Korea was able to exist at all.[2] This was the single bloodiest day in 1st CAV history.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/09/367_295260.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2020/09/367_295260.h...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://1cda.org/history/history-8cav/" rel="nofollow">https://1cda.org/history/history-8cav/</a>