According to Hsu Chuan-sheng, director of the Taichung County Bureau of Social Policy, the city of Taipei has the money to pay out all sorts of benefits, "but Taichung County has trouble meeting its payroll obligations, and it sometimes gets several months behind in delivering basic welfare payments to disabled persons."
台中縣社會局局長許傳盛也表示，台北市有錢提供各種津貼，可是「台中縣連發薪水都有問題，有時候甚至最基本的殘障福利津貼都要拖上數月！」