In 2005, when James Hsueh headed the Taipei City Department of Social Welfare, he noticed that some of the swankiest areas of town had a lot of elderly who "had substantial assets but no cash" or "who had to beg for food while living in a posh house."
民國 94 年薛承泰擔任台北市社會局長時，就注意到首善之區內有不少「有資產、無現金」，「坐擁金屋討飯吃」的窮老人。