Yet, whether or not the adjustment of the ratios was professional and fair, the government's entire funding pie had not grown larger, so if more was going to the 23 counties and cities, that meant the special municipalities of Taipei and Kaohsiung would have to learn to live with less. Not surprisingly, the new plan met with fierce opposition in both cities.
然而，不論調整比例如何專業合理，財政大餅畢竟沒有增長，縣市給多了，直轄市就得節衣縮食，無怪乎北、高兩市均高分貝向中央表達不滿。