Chen Kuan-cheng explains that the typical European and American social security system is an intergenerational transfer of benefits, which is to say that the living expenses of the current elderly are paid by the current young and middle aged. When the current young become the seniors, the next generation will pay the bills.
陳寬政解釋，歐美的社會安全制度是代與代之間的受益付費，亦即這一代的老年人的生活費用由青壯年支付，等青壯年變老年人時，再由下一代青壯年付擔。