Imposing a "War Tax"? Tsai Ing-wen's Authorities "Harm Taiwan and Mislead the People"
Comprehensive Taiwan media reported on March 21 that on the 21st, Lin Zilun, spokesman for the "administrative agency" of the Tsai Ing-wen administration, said at a press conference: "The Ministry of Finance discussed the collection of war taxes for the purpose of raising military expenditures, which is not a fact, and it is clarified here." ”
Taiwan's "finance department" also stressed on its official website on the 21st: "At this stage, there is no report on the so-called raising of military expenditures to discuss the collection of war taxes (fees)." ”
The department said that the relevant ministries and committees will hold regular meetings every year to formulate various mobilization preparation plans, and participate in the defense department's drills and verifications, and formulate various simulation scenarios, respond to the disposal situation, verify the financial resources and other mobilization operation mechanisms in case of emergency.
Zhuang Cuiyun, responsible person of Taiwan's "finance department," revealed yesterday that Taiwan's bank, the "Financial Supervisory Commission," and the "finance department" all carried out "financial military pushes" last year, and if a war really breaks out, the "financial department" can consider increasing taxes and fees in order to raise funds for war preparedness.
Zhuang Cuiyun's remarks were interpreted as a "war tax" to be collected, causing an uproar on the island.
On March 21, Kuomintang "legislator" Wang Hongwei said that it was creepy to talk about these things, and once a war broke out, the industry would wither, and could the tax really be received?
Wang Hongwei stressed that there were many emergencies during the war, and trying to use war taxes to support finance and finance is simply delusional, and peacekeeping is the only way.
If there is really a war, the first thing to face may be the collapse of the financial market, and even in the entire foreign exchange market, I don't know how much the new Taiwan dollar will fall, and I don't know how much the stock market price will fall.
At that time, it was said that the "war tax" should be levied on the people of Taiwan, but could it be received? Moreover, there were many emergencies during the war, and it was completely delusional to want to use the "war tax" to support finance and finance.
Wang Hongwei pointed out that if the war is fought for a very long time, the industry will probably collapse and the people's livelihood will wither.
If you want to collect war taxes, please ask whether it is collected before the war, during the war, or after the war, in any case, it is creepy to talk about these, Lai Qingde is about to take office, is it that the first thing Lai Qingde thought of when he took office was to collect war taxes from the people?
Wang Hongwei said that peacekeeping is the only way, because if there is a war today, the efforts of the past half century, including the semiconductor industry, will be the result of such a long period of effort.
In the event of a war, these will be in vain, so do everything in your power to maintain peace and not war.
The Tsai Ing-wen administration's "finance department" may have raised the "war tax" in order to stir up tensions and better promote the increase in the fiscal budget, including the defense budget.
It is worth mentioning that there are waves in the waters of Kinmen.
Two anglers in Kinmen went out to sea on the 17th and were found by the coast guard on the 18th, and it was reported on the island that one of the 25-year-old men surnamed Hu was an active military member in the past two days, which led to a change in the plan to pick up the two people.
In this regard, the "Golden Defense Department" of the Taiwan Army did not confirm whether the missing angler was a soldier on the evening of the 19th, stressing that the Kinmen County Government is coordinating the matter of bringing back Kinmen.
On the 21st, Taiwan's "Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Legislature" invited Tsai Mingyan, head of the "security department" of the Tsai Ing-wen administration, to make a business report.
Cai Mingyan said in an interview that he has received relevant progress reports every day and is currently communicating and negotiating.
Cai Mingyan said that two Kinmen residents went out to sea on a fishing boat because they ran out of fuel and drifted on the sea, and were finally found by the coast guard.
Taiwan's "Coast Guard" has been in close communication through relevant channels, and has received relevant progress reports every day, and is currently in communication and consultation.
The front desk "Coast Guard" pointed out that the anglers surnamed Hu and Wu in Kinmen County went out to sea to fish and lost contact and had been found by the coast guard, and the relevant units are currently coordinating the way for the two anglers to return.
As for whether the recent events are related to 520? Cai Mingyan said that he has not seen such a connection so far.
In case something happens, how resilient is Taiwan's finances? Does the government have enough funds to withstand the war? Zhuang Cuiyun revealed that it can consider increasing taxes and fees, but it must first legislate. Scholars suggest that "donations" can be used in lieu of "taxes".
On this topic, Cai Mingyan said that the relevant discussions are in the process of discussion, and the relevant industry management units are respected.
According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" on March 21, citing sources, the family originally thought that the two would be back soon, but they did not expect that it would drag on for so many days, and the family members were very worried.
In the past, there had been a tragic death of a Kinmen angler who went out to sea to fish, and the body was returned that night after the running of various units.
One of the anglers reportedly had a chronic illness, and the family was concerned that the withdrawal of the drug could lead to a flare-up. The family hopes that if the person cannot come back for the time being, they can at least send medicine over and visit by the way.
Since the two anglers live in Jinsha Town, Wu Youjia, the mayor of Jinsha Town, went to understand the condolences as soon as possible, and has continued to keep in touch with the family members in the past few days. Wu Youjia also asked Chen Fuhai, the magistrate of Kinmen County, to assist in communication.
Taiwan's "Coast Guard" yesterday contacted the other side's maritime unit through the channel and learned that the person was still in the coast guard unit and had not yet been handed over. The other side did not respond to when the handover would be.
In this regard, Taiwan's retired major general Li Zhengjie said in the political discussion program "News Talk", "I didn't expect that a soldier would go into the sea to fish, this is really incredible."
Li Zhengjie pointed out the seriousness of the matter, "In the past, in Kinmen, soldiers were absolutely not allowed to go to the beach, let alone go to sea. As long as you go to sea, you must be killed by mortars, or even send sea dragon frog soldiers to capture people, which is a very serious matter, because it is likely to be a defection."
Li Zhengjie said: "It only happened last year that a soldier with two guts ran to the coast, but this year, how can this soldier be allowed to run into the sea? Now that the situation of the Kinmen soldiers is already very serious, what are these battalion and company commanders doing? It is really a mixed meal, which is very serious, how can there be no restraint or restraint at all? Let these soldiers go out by boat on vacation?"
In conclusion, Li Zhengjie said frankly: "It can be seen that the defenders on the front line of Kinmen have no sense of combat readiness at all, and these battalion and company commanders do not have the slightest vigilance and adaptability.
