Furthermore, the push for local self-rule in Taiwan has clearly fallen off track. Waste is even more serious among local governments than in the central government. Local department heads often cry poor, while getting government-supplied housing and driving around in Mercedes.
此外，無庸諱言，台灣地方自治始終未上軌道，地方用錢浮濫、浪費的情況也較中央更為嚴重，許多基層首長天天叫窮，但卻官舍華麗、出入都以賓士車代步。