Youth savings account bill to be sidelined: source

FISCAL CONCERNS: The youth growth allowance proposal would require NT$185.1 billion annually, compared with the opposition’s NT$216.2 billion youth savings bill By Chuang Li-hua and Lin Chih-yi / Staff reporters Add TT as Preferred Source The Executive Yuan is planning to sideline a youth savings account bill passed by opposition lawmakers — potentially by refusing to countersign it or seeking a constitutional interpretation — while proceeding with its own child allowance program to safeguard the nation’s fiscal discipline, a source said yesterday.The opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan on Friday passed the third reading of the Taiwan Youth Development and Future Account Act (台灣兒少成長及未來帳戶條例).It was presented as an alternative proposal to the youth growth allowance announced by President