Statistics show that only Taipei, blessed with the advantages of the capital, is able to shoulder all of its financial obligations. The local revenue of other counties and municipalities is simply insufficient to meet their outlays. There are many examples where local revenue doesn't even meet 50 % of expenditures. Taitung, Hualien and Penghu, for instance, can only fund about 40 % of their budgets from their own sources.
攤開統計數字，只有貴為首都的台北市自有財源比率超過 100％（表示財源自足而有餘），其餘縣市皆不足以應付自身開支，比率低於 50％的比比皆是，台東、花蓮、澎湖等縣甚至不到 4 成，等於是「收 4 元，花 10 元」，一切仰賴中央補助。