Poll：Nearly 70% of public support pension reform / 民調:年金制度改革 獲七成民眾支持　　　　　　　　　　

The government's pension reform efforts have attracted much criticism over the past six months. However, the Taiwan Style Foundation think tank has published a poll showing that nearly 70% of the public believes that pension reform is needed. A full reform bill will be considered by the Legislative Yuan this March when further controversy is likely to arise. Legislators say that the changes to labor pension premiums will be a major challenge. The national affairs conference on pension reform has concluded. Though pension reform efforts have been the subject of much criticism over the past six months, a new poll by the Taiwan Style Foundation shows that 70% of the public believes that pension reform is necessary and that only 14% is opposed. ==HUNG YAO-NAN Taiwan Style Foundation CEO== On the issue of the payout ceiling, military members, civil servants, and teachers are 48% in favor and 41% against. So regarding the details, there are some differences in opinions. But a majority is in favor of reform. The poll shows polarized opinions regarding pension reform. The battle of public opinion will soon play out in the Legislative Yuan. ==WANG YU-MIN KMT Legislator== If a certain version of the reform is rushed through without reaching a consensus first, then society will be torn apart. The reform will not bring progress in that case. ==HUANG WEI-CHE DPP Legislator== If the labor pension fund were to go bankrupt, or the civil servants' pension fund were to go bankrupt, then all taxpayers will have to foot the bill. So reform is inevitable. KMT legislator Wang Yu-min believes that no social consensus has yet emerged regarding pension reform. DPP legislator Huang Wei-che points out that the most difficult part of the reform will be on labor pension premiums due to high potential debt. This view is shared by academics. ==CHEN CHIEN-FU Assist. Prof., Tamkang Univ.== Though the rise in premiums will be gradual, companies may not be able to tolerate a rise in the contributions. In that case, the government may have to contribute more to the labor pension fund. Academics say that the rise in labor premiums will be a burden on employers, which may affect their willingness to raise salaries. They say that the government may need to provide related subsidies as a supporting measure. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 年金改革國是會議落幕，但過去六個月年金改革引起不少反彈聲浪，但台灣世代智庫最新民調顯示，有7成民眾支持年金必須改革，只有14%的人持相反意見。 ==台灣世代智庫執行長 洪耀南== 要不要設天花板 軍公教會有48%的支持 也有41%的反對 類似像這樣的狀況 就是說細部上當然有一些不同的聲音 當然如果站在支持改革是佔多數 這份調查也顯示了年金改革爭議兩極化，未來戰場將延伸到立法院的審查。 ==國民黨立委 王育敏== 如果沒有達成一定的共識 那是硬要通過某些版本的話 我相信那對社會造成是一個撕裂 而絕對不是改革之後 帶來的進步 ==民進黨立委 黃偉哲== 這個勞保基金如果破產 或公保基金破產 還是所有納稅人在付 所以我覺得這不可能不做一些改革 國民黨立委王育敏認為，社會共識還有待凝聚；而民進黨立委黃偉哲指出，未來要小心的深水區在「勞保年改」，因為勞保潛在負債最多，學者也持相同看法。 ==淡江大學助理教授 陳建甫== 那雖然整個保費 會逐年的往上調整 我想企業界可能會受不了 那相對就必須由 政府提撥相對的基金 給勞工保險這個部分 學者表示，除了軍公教，在勞工方面，草案調高保費，但雇主負擔也將增加，勞工憂心影響雇主調薪意願，政府必須有配套措施，可視調薪壓力，介入提供補助。 記者 綜合報導