According to Taiwan media reports on November 2, Taiwan's administrative agency "Main Accounting Office" recently announced that the price index rose by as high as 2.63%, a record high in the past nine years. Taiwan's "legislators" Lai Xiangling and Zhang Qilu held a press conference on the 2nd to call for all prices of braised pork rice , dry noodles, salted chicken , and bento, but the people's salary did not rise, which made most workers suffer. They criticized that the "Stable Price Group" of the administrative agency has not yet proposed specific actions. The DPP authorities must propose countermeasures as soon as possible to curb the soaring prices, otherwise it will cause harm to grassroots people.
Lai Xiangling and Zhang Qilu held a press conference this morning to "Faced with the long-term low wages and inflation crisis, the People's Party called for: Tax system fairness and justice, and to fight against rising prices."
Lai Xiangling pointed out that the annual growth rate of important daily necessities (CPI) is as high as 3.31%, salad oil, soy sauce, toothpaste, etc. have increased by more than 5%, and pork prices have increased by as much as 7.75%. Many people have found that braised pork rice, dry noodles, salted chicken and bento have increased by 5 yuan ( New Taiwan dollars , the same below), and all the food has increased, but the salary has not increased, which has made most workers miserable. The "Main Accounting Office" announces the recurring salary of employees every year. Although the figures are not ugly, as long as the price index is added, you will find that salary growth cannot keep up with the price increase. The actual recurring salary "reversed" after deducting the price index. The problem of low wages follows like a shadow, becoming a pain in the hearts of the people.
Lai Xiangling said that now prices are rising steadily. After the quantitative easing of the United States, Europe, Japan and other countries and regions during the epidemic period, hot money roamed everywhere. First, the stock markets of various economies rose sharply. Now that the epidemic has slowed down and the economy has recovered, demand for raw materials such as oil, natural gas has increased significantly. These hot money has led to severe price fluctuations. The United States, Europe, Japan and other places are facing serious inflation problems with soaring prices. For the price increase of various types of daily necessities,
Zhang Qilu pointed out that the problem of "K-type recovery" after the epidemic swept the world. Under the same economic situation, people at the top watched the stock price valuation and wealth increase, while people at the bottom saw the income drop sharply and the pain deepened. The same is true for Taiwan. " Taiwan Bank " has long noticed that the island's industrial recovery has shown a K-type trend. The Taiwan stock market is at tens of thousands of thousands, but many Taiwanese have to rely on relief. The upper end of the K-type are technology stocks, industry leaders, high-income earners and white-collar workers, and the lower end are prosperous cycle stocks, small and medium-sized enterprises, low-income earners and blue-collar workers. The trends of the two are completely different.
Zhang Qilu said that Taiwan is profitable overall, but it obviously only flows into the hands of a few people. The DPP authorities must take on the work of redistribution of income and cannot indulge social poverty and class differences. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, oil prices have risen for five consecutive times, and the prices of general snack shops have risen, tea eggs in retail stores have risen by 8 yuan to 10 yuan, and a piece of peanut candy has risen from 10 yuan to 1 yuan. 2 yuan, calling for adjustments to labor wages, public education wages and retirement salaries. In addition to objective and pragmatic research, relevant scientific data must also be supported by evidence to avoid the black box and rigidity of the salary adjustment review system. The authorities have the ability to regulate public utilities fees, such as promising not to raise electricity prices within half a year, and implement "fairness and justice of renting taxes" as soon as possible, including housing tax entry law, trying to collect dividends, reassess the real estate tax base, and sharing the fruits of Taiwan's economic growth with the whole people.
