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Payboy

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  1. There was a time one used to get paid good money to sit around and watch rice grow.

    "Good money"?

    Do have any idea what you are writing about?

    Ridicolous.

    15k against a market price of 5-6k sounds like good money to me.

    Even with the government rice subsidy the work involved to grow rice is immense and unless one has 100 or more Rai then you ain't going to make a decent amount of money.

    Personally, living in a Isaan village where many families have less than 10 Rai of land, the amount of money recieved for the rice is not enough to feed a Thai family for more than a few months. Now with the rice subsidy gone it will be even worse.

    Those who have never seen what work and costs are involved when growing rice should not make ridiculous comments about rice farmers making good money.

    Back to the employment figures.

    Yes I believe they are meaningless.

    Anyone under the age of 18 years old is not officially allowed to work. So there are many thousands who leave school early but are not allowed to enter the workforce but then are also not a part of the unemployment statistics.

    If someone gets paid double over the market price for doing something, it is good money.

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