Worse is that Joe Biden no longer enforces sanctions against Iran; their oil sales went from less than 500,000 barrels a day to over 3,000,000 barrels a day since Joe took offices. Iran is flush with money these days.
How long do we wait to see if the 'merit making' worked or not? I'm thinking one way or another those evil spirits are gonna find their way back; same with the monks.
Now is the time to negotiate with the USA for where the F-16's can be given to. Given as in the USA will reimburse Thailand for if the F-16's go to the Ukraine.
Many of the sex workers in Pattaya eventually return to their home towns with or without VD. I have to imagine many villages and such have the VD problem as well as Pattaya.
China has economic problems, those masses of Chinese tourist will not return for many more years. Many of the tourists were prize winners in their factories for the trip; those days are gone. Sure, still many rich Chinese but they've got choices of countries.
Too bad GSP doesn't apply to USA wine. I'd like an affordable bottle of two buck chuck or even Sutter Home. A ten dollar bottle of wine costs thirty or more bucks in Thailand.
The GSP is all one way as I see it. A bribe to Thailand that gets nothing for the USA.
The seating arrangements for those 50 will be interesting; there aren't 50 seats in first class. Plus I'd expect some of the 50 have a wife going with them. Not all that expensive to go and return.
My Social Security is direct deposit into Bangkok Bank Routing Number 026008691 of Bangkok Bank's branch in New York . They forward into my Bangkok savings account where I withdraw using ATM or online bill paying. I even transfer some from Bangkok Bank to K-Bank.
Bangkok New York charges $5 off the top, then Bangkok bank charges .0025 baht per baht of what left. I think the exchange rate isn't far off an acceptable rate.
I would not trust Schwab, they'll freeze or close your account if they think you live overseas.