Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is about to leave office and is busy trying to "make up" for her eight years of bad politics. Recently, she declared in her speech that she has done three things to "change Taiwan and go global" in the past eight years, namely "building and strengthening Taiwan", "taking care of the people's sound finances" and "upholding freedom and democracy". As soon as this statement came out, it can be said to be "a shock to everyone" and triggered public ridicule.
In terms of "building and strengthening Taiwan", Tsai Ing-wen first talked about the "forward plan". However, for ordinary people, "Qianzhan"'s huge budget of more than NT$800 billion (the same below), all relying on debt, has long become synonymous with "money pits."
Former "legislator" Guo Zhengliang once pointed out that the most ridiculous thing about "forward-looking" is that it does not plan construction projects first and then compile budgets. Instead, the DPP first sets a budget of nearly one trillion yuan before letting counties and cities "Cramming" to fill in specific content. This also makes the "Forward-looking Plan" only have the name of "forward-looking", but in reality it is still laying railways, building roads, and building stadiums. There is no forward-looking plan at all.
What makes the counties and cities even more "feel" is that "Qianzhan" only favored the green-camp ruling counties and cities in the process of "spending money". There is no fairness at all. This also laid the foundation for the DPP's subsequent "nine years". The seeds of a big defeat in the "Ecumenical" election. In addition, as the project progresses, many sky-high-priced projects and corruption cases have been exposed one after another, making the "Forward-Looking Plan" a veritable "stake-tying plan" of the Green Camp, which is tantamount to blatant use of administrative power and waste of public resources to bribe elections.
Tsai Ing-wen listed this "money pit" and "stake-tying" plan that has long been resented by civil society as the first thing she does. This shows that the DPP's self-perception is completely out of touch with the "feeling" of Taiwanese society. Various "big money-splitting projects" including "Forward-Looking" have only strengthened the DPP and special interest groups, which is tantamount to a catastrophe for the Taiwanese people.
In terms of "taking care of the people and stabilizing finances," Tsai boasted that Taiwan's economy continued to grow during her administration, and emphasized that the DPP spent 8 years repaying 900 billion in debt, becoming the "best debt-paying authority in history." This wave of self-promotion is clearly playing a "word game" because while the DPP is repaying debt, it is also borrowing money, and the amount of debt it borrows far exceeds the amount of debt repayment.
According to a previous report by Taiwan's "Foresight" magazine, Taiwan's current total hidden debt has reached 25.6 trillion, and the average debt of each Taiwanese citizen is as high as 1.09 million. "This is no longer a debt passed down to children and grandchildren, but a debt passed down to great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren." Some media pointed out that over the past eight years, the DPP has bypassed the supervision of the "Legislative Yuan" and included 14 expenditures in the "special budget" in violation of regulations, including "forward-looking", epidemic prevention, optoelectronics, wind power, and military purchases that should be included in the public budget. 2.4 trillion.
The Ma Ying-jeou Foundation once pointed out that Tsai’s “special budget” in eight years was far larger than the combined total of Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou’s 16 years in power. Such uncontrolled borrowing is one of the important reasons for the inflated GDP growth in Taiwan. The Democratic Progressive Party has obtained good economic data, but the actual life of the people is still stuck in the "boring economy" for a long time.
A netizen shared on social media that his friend was employed 30 years ago and his first salary was 23,000 yuan; 30 years later, his friend’s son was employed and his first salary was still 23,000 yuan. Netizens lamented, where has Taiwan been in the past 30 years? Tsai boasts that Taiwan's economy has "entered its best period," but people's income and real wages have been stagnant or even regressing.
In addition, Chen Huiwen, a senior Taiwanese media person, criticized Tsai Ing-wen's claim that the Taiwan stock index surpassed Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index. Hong Kong is an international financial center, and the market value of Taiwan stocks is only half of that of Hong Kong stocks. How can Tsai Ing-wen be embarrassed to mention this? Taiwan's "World Magazine" once pointed out, using data from October 2023 as an example, that the market value of Taiwan's listed companies is approximately US$1.5 trillion, and that of Hong Kong is US$4.1 trillion; in terms of its share of the global economy, Taiwan is currently less than Hong Kong. half of.
In terms of "adhering to freedom and democracy," Tsai declared that she would "protect Asia's number one democracy and freedom." Based on Taiwan's total export value growing by 70%, she said that "Taiwan has successfully entered the world."
The statement of "Asia's No. 1" once again allows people to see the crazy self-confidence of green camp politicians who are keen to hype "Taiwan's No. 1".But when "green terror" and "green dictatorship" became terms specific to the Democratic Progressive Party, when Tsai Ing-wen did something that even Chen Shui-bian would not dare to do, banning Zhongtian News Channel, and when the head of the village was punished for participating in a mainland tour group, Through liquidation and pursuit, the speed at which the DPP has allowed Taiwan's democracy and freedom to regress may be truly "Asia's No. 1".
Tsai Ing-wen is trying to prove that Taiwan is moving toward the world from an economic perspective. This is because politically, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities that advocate "Taiwan independence" have absolutely no foothold. All the international conferences that he could have participated in before he took office are now blocked. The number of "diplomatic countries" has dropped to 9 in the past 8 years, and many "friendly countries" that have not yet "broken off diplomatic relations" are also wavering.
However, the economic performance of the DPP authorities is not enough to support the conclusion of "going global." According to Chinese customs data, in the eight years since Tsai Ing-wen came to power, she has achieved a surplus of nearly US$900 billion from trade with the mainland (including Hong Kong and Macao) alone. This is the fundamental reason for Taiwan's economic growth. Taiwan's economy "going global" is a lie, while "depending on the mainland" is the truth.
Tsai Ing-wen has been fooling for 8 years, and she continues to lie and deceive when summing up. This behavior is not surprising. They are also trying to use the same deception to win power in 2024. As Tsai's "successor", Lai Qingde is not only more "independent" than Tsai, but also more "deceitful" than Tsai.
Taiwan's "China Times" commented that it is really unbelievable to see that the ruling team is telling lies. Even Lai Qingde's statements and materials at the election debate are full of loopholes, and misleading information is everywhere. The green camp favors polished numbers and “corrected regression.” If we don’t stop this kind of lying and big talk from the authorities, how will we explain it to our next generation?
Under Tsai Ing-wen's "self-proclaimed article", many netizens lamented that they "regret voting for the Democratic Progressive Party 4 years ago." For a ruling team that is already riddled with loopholes, the greater the bragging and the stronger the wind, the more ugliness the public will see, the stronger the rotten smell will be, and the determination to remove the DPP will be stronger. .
Source: Voice of the Strait
