While Taipei City has an average of over NT $ 10,000 per citizen for social welfare, Taipei County has only NT $ 2,000. Nantou County, one of the poorest, can only look on wide-eyed as other counties provide various subsidies.
最無奈的現實是，縣有窮縣、富縣之分，貧富差距懸殊，當台北縣抗議為什麼台北市平均每位市民每年可以享有一萬元以上社福預算、而隔鄰的台北縣民卻只能享有二千元時，南投縣卻也只能眼睜睜地，看著別縣發放各種自創名目的津貼而一籌莫展。