If each elderly person were to receive NT $ 6,000 per month in old age payments, then in the year 2024 such payments would amount to NT $ 240 billion, about half of this year's government budget.
如果每位老年人每月領取六千元的養老給付（當然遠不足於生活所需），則於公元二○二四年時此項支出總額為二千四百億元，約為今年政府總預算二分之一。這個「新時代」是低死亡率與低生育率的時代，也是人口老化成為主要經社問題的時代。