It was a time of hardship and upheaval for the whole country, and while many people were forced to endure losses at the time, when all accounts are reckoned up today, 50 years later--in a Taiwan that has emerged from the destitution of the post-war years to become "awash with cash" --it would be fair to say that the people have probably earned back more than they paid out.
家國多難、時局板蕩，或許讓人民默默承受了損失，然而五十年的帳總結起來，從戰敗時的凋蔽到現在的「台灣錢淹腳目」，台灣人民應該還是賺多於賠的。