Steve Tsui, a professor in the Department of Public Finance at National Chengchi University and a member of the Executive Yuan's finance reform commission, offers up the following statistic: In 2001, outlays by the three levels of government (central, county and city, and township) amounted to 24.7 % of GNP, but their total revenues were only 18 %.
行政院財政改革委員會委員、政大財政學系教授徐偉初舉出另一個統計數字：民國九十年，我國三級政府（中央，縣市，鄉鎮）的整體支出為國民生產毛額（GNP）的百分之二十四．七，但整體收入卻只有 GNP 的百分之十八。