And so, access to health, to education, to public representation, and so on, are all free of cost. It reduces a lot of the pressure that people have, the kind of things that you mentioned, like lifting off poverty and things like that. Of course, we’re not perfect. We still have a lot of transition justice to do, especially toward indigenous nations, and new immigrants, and offshore immigrants working on fishing boats, for example. But at least for people physically, as a resident living in Taiwan or a citizen, I think our safety net is pretty good when it comes to not looking at how much money you buy, because it doesn’t matter, you get the same treatment.

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