KMT legislator Weng Hsiao-ling's proposal to cut and freeze the Presidential Office's state affairs fund has hit Mid-Autumn Festival gift-box orders at sheltered workshops, and as the KMT and DPP trade barbs from a distance, it is bad news for organisations that employ people with disabilities.

• Weng said KMT supporters are satisfied with her performance; DPP caucus deputy secretary-general Chen Pei-yu shot back that she should "just enjoy her own party."
• The DPP's internal public-opinion data show more than 400,000 online mentions of Weng over the past week, with close to 90 percent of the commentary negative.
• With orders drying up, a sheltered workshop in New Taipei has been forced to mail out order forms to the general public and launch a buy-one-get-one-free deal to keep itself afloat.
• Chen said the buy-one-get-one-free offer will squeeze the organisation's fundraising total for the whole year, while adding to its administrative and social-work burden.
• DPP caucus secretary-general Chuang Jui-hsiung said Weng has become a KMT star, giving rise to a "KMT Weng Hsiao-ling line."

Outlook: How well the sheltered workshops' self-help fundraising performs, and whether the KMT distances itself from the "Weng Hsiao-ling line," will be the key things to watch next.