Yeah, exactly. When the plan was initially announced with references to “eligible foreigners”, I don’t think many Taiwanese people realized how few foreigners were actually eligible. Judging from comments on Facebook etc. complaining about why the government should give money to foreigners when we “don’t pay taxes”…
From the FAQs:
Q8. Can migrant workers, overseas Chinese students, or individuals holding Taiwan Employment Gold Card receive the universal cash remittance?
No, migrant workers or caretakers do not meet the remittance criteria.
Such a Taiwanese explanation. “No, migrant workers are not eligible because they do not meet the remittance criteria, which we deliberately wrote to exclude migrant workers.”
Also, they’re calling it a universal cash remittance now? It’s not universal, unless “universal” means “universal for Taiwanese people” (including ones who aren’t born yet). 