Since national income would not suddenly grow overnight, Ma's amendments would have meant that central government resources would decline by NT $ 150 billion. If the amendments had been upheld, the 2002 central budget would have been far from balanced, and this would have had a major impact on the government's effectiveness.
因為國家稅收不可能一下子大幅增長，若依據馬版財劃法，中央歲入預算將立刻減少一千五百億，在「歲入與歲出必須平衡」的原則下，才通過不久的民國九十一年度政府總預算勢必大亂，將嚴重影響政務推動。