In contrast to politicians who are complaining about their fate and calling for lifetime guarantees, former Democratic Progressive Party legislator Phoenix Cheng is of the group of genuinely capable people who are consciously "separating themselves from all forms of special privilege and making their own way in life."
相較於政壇人士的感慨連連、要求保障，今年初以媒體通路公司董事長身份露面的前民進黨立法委員鄭運鵬，則是有意識地「遠離特權，走出自己的路」的實力派。