In 1995 the Ministry of the Interior announced the beginning of "living assistance for handicapped persons in middle- and low-income households." At first, says Tai, "no one believed that something this good could exist." But when people began discovering that others were collecting the subsidy, everyone rushed to apply. In the second year, there was a budget shortfall.
戴文良以那次抗議為例指出，內政部於民國八十四年時開辦「中低收入戶身心障礙者生活補助」，剛開始大家都「不敢相信會有這種好事」，後來發現真的有人領到了，於是紛紛跑去請領，第二年立刻出現預算不夠的窘況，補助也變得斷斷續續地，有時候隔幾個月才能領一次。