Betrayal of intergenerational justiceBy Hsieh Chia-hao 謝家豪As a teacher working on the front lines of education, I face young people every day who are about to go out into the big, wide world. When I saw the blue and white camps joining forces to push through amendments to halt pension reforms, I felt only one thing — this is no minor institutional adjustment, but a betrayal of intergenerational justice. The original purpose of the pension reforms was never to make military personnel, civil servants, or teachers suffer. The pension reforms are not perfect, but halting reform is certainly wrong. This is not a victory for the blue and white camps; it is a collective failure of our responsibility to the next generation.

Source: Taipei Times January 01, 2026 16:01 UTC