DPP defends economic performance against KMT criticism

2023-11-06

The KMT held a press conference on Monday, to accuse the Tsai government of poor economic management. KMT lawmakers blamed the DPP for rampant inflation and weak wage growth. The DPP hit back, noting that foreign investment during the Tsai administration was nearly double the Ma administration’s. They said the KMT’s criticism was misguided, pointing to data such as the unemployment rate, export value, and GDP growth rate under the Tsai administration.

Tseng Ming-chung
KMT lawmaker
Recently, the Ministry of Finance has been waging a propaganda campaign, claiming that half of Taiwan’s youth doesn’t have to pay taxes. It’s outrageous. People can’t afford to pay taxes, but you try to spin it as a political achievement.

The KMT held a press conference on Monday to criticize the Tsai administration’s economic policies. DPP lawmakers fired back with data.

Chuang Jui-hsiung
DPP lawmaker
Look at the graph to see how, during the Ma administration from 2008 to 2015, foreign investment in Taiwan totaled NT$1.2858 trillion. Meanwhile, from 2016 to August 2023, the total is NT$2.3589 trillion. Who was most capable? Who contributed more? I believe you can tell from the numbers.

According to the DPP, the Tsai administration outperformed its predecessor based on figures on exports, the stock market, the IMD world competitiveness rankings, average GDP growth rate and employment.

Chuang Jui-hsiung
DPP lawmaker
The KMT says that they’re strong in economic issues, saying that they boosted Taiwan’s export value by more than NT$70 billion in eight years. We the DPP are absolutely not buying it. Under the DPP administration, export value went up by 71.1%, from NT$279.1 billion in 2016 to NT$479.4 billion last year.

Tsai Shih-ying
DPP lawmaker
Despite the pandemic’s impact on the world, the unemployment rate this year is at a low 3.52%. Our successive raises to the minimum wage have helped people counter inflation. In comparison with other countries, Taiwan’s economy is stable and ahead of others’. It’s something worthy of praise.

Citing Taiwan’s steady rise in the IMD World Competitiveness rankings, the DPP touted its economic management ahead of the 2024 elections.

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藍批拚經濟不及格綠反擊:GDP成長高過馬政府

2023-11-06

立院國民黨團今天（6日）抨擊蔡政府拚經濟成績不合格。民進黨團拿數據反擊，強調相較於馬政府時期外商投資1兆2858億元，近年已倍增至2兆3589億元，且不論是貿易出口總值、股市、IMD世界競爭力排名、平均經濟成長率、失業率等，都優於馬政府，在野黨批評是完全錯誤。

[[立委(國) 曾銘宗]]
“最近財政部還在大內宣，說有一半年輕人不用繳稅，莫名其妙，繳不起稅，還把這個當政績啊”

國民黨團大動作召開記者會，檢驗蔡政府的執政成績，痛批拚經濟不及格。但這番話可是讓民進黨不服氣，端數據出來反擊。

[[立委(民) 莊瑞雄]]
“2008年馬英九上台以後，到2015年外商投資台灣部分，你從圖表可以看到，是1兆2858億，2016年到2023年8月，是2兆3589億，誰比較有辦法，誰下更大功夫，我相信從這數字，就可以比較出來”

民進黨直言蔡政府上任後，不論是貿易出口總值、股市、IMD世界競爭力排名、平均經濟成長率、失業率等，都優於馬政府時期。

[[立委(民) 莊瑞雄]]
“國民黨說它拚經濟很行，(貿易出口總值)八年增加700多億，民進黨當然不服氣啊，從2016年2791億，到了去年而已，已經到達4794億，增加71.7%”

[[立委(民) 蔡適應]]
“即便在新冠疫情，全球面臨重大衝擊過程中，台灣在今年仍然創造了3.52低失業率成績，我們也用基本工資調漲讓人民來對抗通膨，台灣經濟相對於其他各國，是穩定，是領先，是值得稱讚的”

台灣在世界競爭力排名不斷上升，經濟牌成了民進黨2024最亮點的籌碼。

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