The Kuomintang group held a press conference today entitled "Eggs, Pork, and Electricity Prices Rise Up! Prices Are Out of Control! Government Failure!" The press conference was chaired by Zeng Mingzong, Secretary-General Xie Yifeng, legislator Fei Hongtai, Deputy Secretary-General Zheng Zhengqian, and Taipei City Councilor Li Yanxiu attended.

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[Reporter Wang Qianhao/Taipei Report] The Kuomintang League of the Legislative Yuan held a press conference today, pointing out that Taiwan is in a serious egg shortage, and pork prices continue to rise. The increase in electricity prices in April will affect the prices of people’s livelihood materials and make life harder for most people. They call on the government Come up with specific measures to actively improve, "Prices are out of control, the government is malfunctioning, and the Chen cabinet should wake up."

Chief Summoner Zeng Mingzong asked the Cai government, what item is not increasing in price now?

Prices are out of control and the government is malfunctioning. The Tsai government is best at elections and defrauding votes. It has not taken half a step in power.

Looking at the economic development of the Tsai administration in the past seven years, it will be 2.17% in 2016, 2.45% in 2022, and 2.12% this year, with an average of 3.23%. However, real wages have hardly grown.

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Zeng Mingzong reminded that the most serious economic problem is the fruits of economic development, which are enjoyed by a few people.

According to statistics from the General Office of Accounting and Accounting, the real recurrent salary in 2016 was 39,213 yuan, and by 2022 it will be 41,357 yuan, an increase of 2,144 yuan in 7 years, with an average annual increase of only 306 yuan, which has also caused a widening gap between the rich and the poor. .

According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance, Zeng Mingzong pointed out that if the national income is divided into 20th percentiles, the minimum income and maximum income were 104 times in 2016, and 149 times in 2020. It was estimated that by 2022, it may be close to 200 times.

The result of the Tsai government's economic struggle is that the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. Real wages have not grown at all.

Secretary-General Xie Yifeng pointed out that according to the "Consumer Price Food Index Changes Comparison Table" published by the Bureau of Accounting and Statistics, the price of eggs and cooking oil are as high as 11% compared with the same period last year, and the increase of vegetables eaten every day is as high as 7%. Subdivided into root vegetables Up 9.7%, fruits and vegetables and other categories up 12.86%.

In the meat section, livestock rose 5.81%, and raw poultry rose 4.01%.

Xie Yifeng emphasized that although the Tsai government emphasized that the increase in electricity prices in April was due to large electricity consumers and industrial users, the government did not tell the public that after more basic industrial users increase electricity prices, the cost will inevitably be passed on to consumers. This also includes products related to diners.

Fei Hongtai, a legislator of the Kuomintang, pointed out that the vendors of the Legislative Yuan Cooperative announced that some prices would be raised on April 1, and that Chinese herbal stewed pork ribs would be raised by 5 yuan, from 50 yuan to 55 yuan.

The owners of the stalls in the Legislative Yuan are actually very Buddhist, and the prices are relatively cheap, but they cannot withstand this upward trend.

Zheng Zhengqian, deputy secretary-general, mentioned that the number of people taking unpaid leave from January to March this year has continued to rise, which is much higher than in previous years. By March, the number of unpaid leave announced was as high as 17,674. , the life of these people and low-income groups on unpaid leave will be even harder.

Li Yanxiu, deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang and Taipei city councilor, predicted that the price of nutritious lunches for school children will increase, especially affecting rural and disadvantaged children.

Take the nutritious lunches in Taipei City as an example, the price is 55 to 60 yuan for junior high schools, and 65 to 70 yuan for high schools.

Set up a task force as soon as possible to assist local governments in providing special subsidies for children's nutritious lunches.

The Kuomintang group raised two points. First, the fruits of economic development during the DPP period were enjoyed by a small number of people, and the gap between rich and poor became wider and wider. The government is requested to come up with specific measures to actively improve the economic development so that all people can enjoy it.

2. The situation of low wages is very serious, and everything is going up at the same time. The general public can't live longer, and the warm and tough cabinet is helpless?

Prices are out of control and the government is malfunctioning. The Chen cabinet must wake up!