The problem is that it is too much of a burden. Look at the charts, it is not sustainable. And it was done in an orderly fashion: those who make barely 30k in pensions did not lose it completeley, those who made several times that did.
And considering teh common person did not even had the option of dreaming of a pension until very recently and that bosses here do everything in their power to avoid paying their part in it, well, the idea also had the support of most people.
Well, but it’s up to the blackhearted bosses to pay better, isn’t it?
All these professionals making 30k a month? That’s such an insult to them.
I am talking about war veterans who are retired. Plain soldiers veterans get about 30k. Those are the ones usually being kicked out of prime real estate by their fellow blue land grabbers, sorry, developers. Land that they were allowed to live in when they came from China by the blue government but not everyone got a deed nor was able to negotiate a plush deal when their properties stood in the way of progress.
Average young office cubicle dweller, factory minion and assorted out of college grads make 22k average. Both bosses and their college deans think they are too greedy to want more. Heck, if the workers ask for more money they just moved their factories to China where they pay even less. So the parents encourage the kids to go to China because it is the motherland and they make more money there…
K-Man is no fan of Fish-man.
now, if he could bring back some coconuts or bananas for the media, I’d be distinctly impressed.
On a truthful note, the city should be mowing all grass lawns near school track fields, parks, etc. down to like less than 6cm. 1) the sweet smell of freshly cut grass would be nice to residents’ noses; and 2) no mosquitoes or bugs or anything could hide in the grass anymore, as they’d get baked in the daily hot sun.
I don’t know how they do it in Yilan, but considering that we live surrounded by rice fields I’m shocked by the reasonably low amount of mozzies in the “civilized” areas. There’s plenty of them in the areas around hills covered with forests, but in the flat part not as many as I’d expect.
They must be using chemicals that reduce our life expectancy below 40.
And here comes the labelling once again. Reserved for anyone Mr Everington doesn’t like.
It seems to me like he has some beef with Fish and Tsai, but I don’t recall him ever writing something bad about Lai…
Decoding ‘Han fans’: an anti-political elite movement
2019/07/28 12:45:32
By Stacy Hsu, CNA staff reporter
Over the years, Tina Chang (張小玲), 62, has developed a distaste for Taiwan’s political elite, who she believes think only of themselves, rely on a small circle of close aides and are more talk than action. This time, she is backing “a man of the common people” for the 2020 presidential election.
With a bachelor’s degree and running her own company, Chang of Taipei does not fit the stereotypical profile of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu’s (韓國瑜) supporters as working class and less well educated (though her age confirms most analysts’ observations that Han’s supporters tend to be middle-aged or elderly).
According to a survey released July 17 by the green-leaning Cross-Strait Policy Association, Han enjoys the strongest support among people with a junior college degree (53.3 percent) and those aged 60-69 (44.6 percent).
His support is weakest among Taiwanese with a graduate or a higher degree (28.6 percent) and young people in the 20-29 age group (28.3 percent).
However, Chang does list many of the reasons so-called “Han fans” often cite for their seemingly unwavering support for the mayor, who is representing the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) in the January presidential race against President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who is seeking reelection.
Humility, use of plain language, displays of affection toward the people are things Chang says she likes about Han.
“He has also exhibited genuine care for the socially disadvantaged and people at the grassroots level, unlike those political elites who only pay lip service,” she said, pointing to politicians from both major parties.
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I wonder if we are hearing the same speeches. All I hear him say is that the economy is terrible, the people have been suffering 3 years -only- and that Tsai should step down.
@Icon, tbh, you and I are not Taiwanese and truly can never 100% be.
Those that are 100% taiwanese and supporting Han are seeing something in him that you (and me or others) may or may not ever understand. I don’t expect to ever understand your culture (s. American, central Amerca), nor you mine. It is, what it is.
I see 100% Taiwanese friends of mine telling me their old parents are supporting Han in full-throttle ways, and even they don’t understand why. If they can’t, we can’t. So, let’s just observe and let the chips fall. It’s not ours to wonder why, but only whether to live or die.
I know it is beyond my understnading. I see how he raises hsi hands and all I can think is those creepy pastors praising the Lord… and asking for more money from their impoverished followers. For the cultural standards, he sounds too grandiose to me. For the people here, he sounds humble and a man of the people.
EDIT
On second thought, to say that we cannot understand him because we are not Chinese is very racist and illogical. His own constituents do not understand him or the fervor in hsi followers, in spite of hsi bad performance as a mayor. To say that he is allowed to do so or that teh fervor in his followers is OK because we cannot understand it is a very CCP argument, giving them carte blanche for all kinds of atrocities.
No thanks. I will actively advocate against him at every opportunity. (well, not every opportunity, that just gives him more exposure, but you know what I mean)
That can backfire, you know.
Best excuse I have heard about Korean Fish drinking: he studied in the UK, that is why he drinks so much whisky.
It was said by an elderly KMT legislator.
It seems the KMT is having second thoughts about Korean Fish. They have basically left him to his own devices, no assistance, no backup, network available. So he almost misses a meeting with Japanese lawmakers - but blues despise Japanese, so maybe it was on purpose he was so late. And his meeting with the American Chamber of Commerce was less than stellar.
Second typhoon on his term. Will he be in Kaohsiung?
Korean Fish poll numbers have plummeted. Tsai is ahead by 20%. He has next to no chance of being elected.
They let him out of his cage too early and there’s only so far you can go with the roughneck vote.
I also suspect folks are sick of his face and voice already from the blanket coverage, it’s backfiring now. Tsai just needs to stay resolute and Presidential.
If fish wins then it is better to exit plan your future early.
Things can still change. No one foresaw HK and all ripple effects it had. Maybe something else will happen that will push public opinion the other way in the next few months. I doubt there’s anything positive that can help the fish win, but something big negative for english vegetable might do it.
Like the claws of the CCP?
No doubt China will try to help him but I don’t think there’s anything they can do. They already cut the tourists and paid off the allies. Threaten Taiwan even more…Won’t work.
HK was the wake up call Taiwanese needed