"Old veterans and farmers account for only about 5.6 % of the total population, but take more than two-thirds of the welfare services budget," says Cheng. The amount of social welfare enjoyed by old veterans is more than 95 times as much as an ordinary senior citizen in Taiwan. After means testing for the farmers 'subsidy was eliminated, expenditures on this item instantly increased by over NT $ 3.6 billion.
「老榮加老農，總人數僅佔全國人口的百分之五．六左右，然而卻耗費福利服務總預算的三分之二」，鄭龍水指出，其中老榮民享有的福利金額，是一般六十五歲以上國民的九十五到九十七倍；而老農津貼取消排富條款後，則一下子暴增了三百六十多億元的支出！