tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906881452511490694.post1080185435968464638..comments2023-10-12T07:16:00.434-07:00Comments on Taiwanese Heart, Global Perspectives (台灣心、國際眼): Taiwan opposition triumphs in electionsDaphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18116670127960272287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906881452511490694.post-40824243142406837872008-04-17T14:25:00.000-07:002008-04-17T14:25:00.000-07:00Well, prices of everything is soaring, and people ...Well, prices of everything is soaring, and people feel "poorer" than before. Chen's son-in-law doing insider trading hasn't made things any better, as well as the other criminals like Wang-Yo-Tseng running off with billions of dollars, or whatever his name is spelled.<BR/><BR/>The competitiveness ranking of Taiwan has also gone down by quite a few digits, putting us behind South Korea. Their GDP has almost doubled. <BR/><BR/>I love Taiwan and do NOT want China to rule us, but I'm just glad DPP days are over for now. It's like the whole country has been just screwed over by a totally incompetent government. I want Taiwan to be just as competitive as before, and DPP will need to make huge improvements before they can claim to give us a better Taiwan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906881452511490694.post-7920971705649892302008-04-07T09:02:00.000-07:002008-04-07T09:02:00.000-07:00Frankly, I'm confused about the sentiment of a for...Frankly, I'm confused about the sentiment of a formerly vibrant economy under the KMT -- If I remember correctly, the NT was doing worse internationally (33-36NT = $1) back then. Right now it's only 30NT. And other than stocks, what measure is being used to measure economy? Sure the news broadcasted how prices are rising day and night -- but don't people realize that that's happening everywhere?<BR/><BR/>I'd say the US is doing worse than Taiwan, economy-wise, and I didn't see such news reports there. It was hilarious, seeing reports treating rising prices of veggies/fruits as a big disaster.<BR/><BR/>Conversely, seeing reports now where people say "we have to raise gas/oil prices" makes it even more hilarious. I mean first of all, if they really had to raise it they would have already. Secondly, whatever happened to raising prices being a big disaster?lazibeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557277500916324611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906881452511490694.post-12350243968830411342008-04-05T23:17:00.000-07:002008-04-05T23:17:00.000-07:00frankly, I only care about whether Ma can bring ba...frankly, I only care about whether Ma can bring back our formerly vibrant economy before it was screwed over by Chen. (No offense.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com