But this time it was the KMT's promises which revived the topic. Row over pensions The "pensions" Lee was referring to are senior citizens 'welfare benefits, payable to anyone over the prescribed age. But the pension scheme the Executive Yuan has been planning for years is a contributory system in which entitlement depends on money paid in while still working.
由於李總統所提的老人年金政策是指老人福利津貼，而行政院則是早已籌備國民年金多年，前者只要年齡達到發放標準，則一律發錢；後者則是先於年輕時繳交一定金額，達到年齡時再領回，所以一是社會救助，一是社會保險，性質完全不同。