KMT policies keep birthrate lowBy Teng Hon-yuan 鄧鴻源Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) deputy secretary-general Lin Pei-hsiang (林沛祥) said that Taiwan’s low birthrate is no longer a warning sign, but a fact of life. Why does the KMT continue to focus solely on workplace and retirement benefits for the military, police and civil servants while ignoring the welfare of all other groups? Are they aware that the retirement funds of average workers are far lower than that of military personnel and civil servants? The national security crisis posed by low birthrates transcends party lines — it decides whether Taiwan’s next generation has a future. Is the real issue not that the KMT has continuously blocked both the general budget and the special defense budget?

Source: Taipei Times January 18, 2026 17:55 UTC