A surprising deterioration of finances In the 1990 fiscal year, Taiwan had an accumulated budget surplus of more than NT $ 250 billion. Nevertheless, in a few short years, government finances have been run through at an astounding pace.
財政惡化，觸目驚心根據統計，在民國七十九年度時，台灣還有歲計剩餘二千五百多億元、公債則僅僅一千多億元；然而，短短數年，政府財政以驚人的速度透支。