Fu Kun-chi: “A 1.689 percent reduction to the 2026 central government budget should be seen as a gesture of "great goodwill"”

The opposition had shown its "greatest goodwill" by passing the 2026 central government budget with NT$48 billion in cuts

This logic is very simple.

The cash handouts would return this excess revenue to the public.

The law was intended to tackle Taiwan's declining birthrate, which he described as a serious national security crisis.