jimmybcool

Yeah I'm just gonna go with seeing how it turns out. If the economy booms maybe the naysayers are wrong. If we tailspin maybe they were right. Nothing I can do about it anyway.

Funny Seems the bill helps people who live off tips (rich?), and social security (rich?) and the weather service already released a statement that they were unaffected by any fired officials as far as providing information to Texas of recent warnings. But hey, buy into the dreck that CNN pounds into your ears 24 hours a day.

Yeah I know he can't run himself. Problem as I see it (since I do not want the Democrats in power) is it fractures the GOP. I would prefer seeing the GOP find and run a candidate that is less bombastic and fiscally responsible in 2028. But I confess if the economy is booming by then I might hop on the MAGA train and accept that despite his personality flaws Trump is making the right moves. So many moving parts. We live in interesting times.

There has been a string of victories for the administration of late. hard fought to get some of them. And I will withhold judgement on the Big Bill just passed. Waiting to see out 5 years how his economic policies really work. Those who think they really know are guessing. Might be he restarted the US economy and helped the lower and middle classes massively. Might be not. We shall see. He has had one major loss that isn't getting any playing time around here. Elon Musk disagrees massively with Trumps economic bill/plan and has parted ways to the extent of announcing a new political party in the US. Anyone who doubts Elon can successfully do so hasn't paid attention to his past achievements. The gist of it is it will appeal mostly to those who are economically conservative. This will peel off a number of voters from the GOP resulting in handing elections to the DEM party. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5386557-musk-announces-america-party/ I don't think he really has time to make it significant in the near term midterm elections but the 2028 Presidential elections he might be ramped up to impact.

Thanks. I MIGHT try to wade through that but honestly I am not expert in economics. Lot of it probably goes right over my head. Which is probably true of most of us discussing it in this thread. I suspect a true unbiased source will be difficult to find. Betting the Trump side has an argument that his bill will spur the economy to much that poor people will actually gain better employment and medical coverage and the income increase will cover the lower tax rates. And of course his detractors will find anything they can to prove he is starving women, children and aged while increasing the debt. <deleted> up world we live in when you can't trust any resource to actually net it out reasonably.

I am neither pro nor con the BBB. I would LOVE to read an unbiased analysis of the bill by a qualified economist. Do you have a link to such an article?

OK. I was just curious as my experience in Pattaya is there are a lot more British expats than Yanks. Not important just wondered

Any stats on the break down of permanent residents?

Spent ten years of my life in Pattaya. Never a sniff of trouble. Never met anyone that had a sniff of trouble. How much time have you spent in Pattaya?

IMO buying condos in Pattaya (only market I am familiar with) is a bad investment. Doesn't mean it is a bad idea. You will probably get your investment back or close to it if you select a nicer unit in a nicer project. And you have a place to live in for a lot less than renting. But buying as an investment isn't a great idea IMO. My history I bought one in the center of Pattaya in a brand new building. Perfect location between Beach Road and Second Road 300 meters to the beach. The building was well maintained and ongoing costs properly covered as we had ALL farang owners. You might wonder how it is because the majority of the building was owned by one man operating as a hotel. The upper floors were all farang owners. When I decided to sell I did not make a profit. Doing some math with exchange rate changes I think I was about break even. But had free rent and a place to keep my stuff when back in the states. So it was a win for me.

You offer NOTHING of substance and think you did. Those numbers mean nothing in the context of your claim people are being thrown off assistance in massive quantities. And for the record I have not read the bill and have no idea what it contains. I neither support it nor dislike it. I keep an open mind and read information posted from the bill to see what it contains. That might be a good place for you to start. You might have a point but so far you seem unable to comprehend the discussion.

If seller sent a new one all is well. Mistakes (? maybe) happen. I once bought a new toilet seat at Home Depot in the states. Was on the floor removing the old one while wife unit opened the box. Errr, that isnt dust on it that is dried piss. Someone actually bought one, swapped it and returned the old one. How desperate do you have to be to return a $30 used toilet seat?

I'd like to opine on the concerns with psychosis from weed. IMO this is only possible because they can make it so much more potent than the stuff from 20 years ago. That and I believe many people are using other drugs and denying it when they freak out. And perhaps some weed is laced with other drugs. So actually having it open and monitored by govt seems a good idea to prevent fentanyl laced weed out there. I don't know. I use gummies on occasion and smoke rarely and enjoy the buzz and sleep. But then when I was young I also dabbled in real hallucinogenics like LSD and never had a "bad trip". Only time I ever experienced psychosis was when I was suffering in a hospital for 3 months with my belly cut open (sternum to belly button) a tube stuck in me and pain drugs every day plus lack of sleep and food. That was no fun

Dams upstream you say? Hmmm who is upstream?

Gonna be a lot of available retail space in Pattaya.