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I'm afraid it isn't good news Streetlite. We go to BKK every couple of months and fit in the dentist during one of these trips.

There are dentists in NS but they are booked solid for months.

Fantastic, the Israelis can teach the Junta how to set up an apartheid state.

Why would you say that? The reference to a apartheid refers to the policy that denied a majority of citizens of South Africa the right to vote and segregated residential areas and services based upon skin pigmentation. As all Israelis have the right to vote, including arabs, who have elected several members of the Israeli parliament; there is are laws enforced which prohibit discrimination based upon race, religion, sexual orientation etc ,; the state of Israel subsidizes education including several arab language technical colleges and university;. and there are many diverse neighborhoods in Israel such as Haifa where everyone mixes, I don't know why you apply such a term unless you are simply trying to cause a bit of trouble. Perhaps this was just your attempt to get in a swipe at Israel, much as is done at the USA on these threads, but it is rather silly now that we see what is going on around the world isn't it?

The fact is that Thailand has long had serious needs when it comes to tracking offshore marine vessels. The Thai navy cannot effectively track these boats and that is one of the reason why the human smuggling rings have such an easy time landing people in Thailand. In addition, the recent Malaysian and Air Asia air tragedies demonstrated that Thailand does not have much of an ability to effectively monitor its offshore airspace. Israel would love to bid on the tracking programs that the various EU, American Japanese and recently Indian companies have been trying to sell. At this time there are no sanctions in place that would prevent such a transaction. Thailand would benefit from some Israeli drone technology that could be deployed along the Burmese border in the fight against the import of yaba. The Israeli technology could also be used to help secure the Malaysian border which is porous and through which southern insurgents seem to transit with ease.

This appears to be slightly discriminatory.

Very interesting Wilcopops thanks. I live in Mae Wong and would like to explore the WFC more, i have a young family and it would be good for them to take an interest one day. Can I just turn up and ask for a tour?

A local expat farmer 20 years in the region told me that a member of the infamous Thai clan was visiting the area and showing big interest in the logging rights if the dam went ahead.

 

Off topic a tad, but tax related.

My old man gets a pension from the army (22yrs service) and one from the cops (20yrs) and probaby a bog-standard government pension. I don't know how much it is but I bet there's 2 or 3 minimum wage earners working just to pay his retirement fund.

Cut taxes and make people look after themselves instead, why should others have to pay for his (and others in this way) I'm sure these pensions won't be around much longer though as the financial crisis is set to worsen, watch the taxes go up though!

 

So youre saying that your old man didnt pay anything into his pension fund.....

or pay any National Insurance contributions.

 

funny that, because i had to pay 12% of my wages every month for 30 odd years

 

into my pension fund, which incidentally is the same pension fund as the police.

 

 

 

Have a Nice Day.

 

 Can't say you are wrong there Firefox, however the money paid as tax years ago wasn't paid into a high interest bank account, it would have been immediately spent on things that do not help the economy e.g. nuclear missles, bigger government, pensions for those already retired to name just a few. Indeed the monies were also used to buy more debt from overseas too.

The UK government (like most others) is skint and my point is that since there is no magic bank account with his entitlements in it, others are paying it for him with their taxes earned today.

A colleague of mine is ex Royal Navy, they took the UK government to court a few years ago when they tried to reduce their pensions, luckily they won, this is a sign of things to come, look at Detroit.

Back to inheritence tax, it is the same principle as you having to pay tax for the christmas presents you received.

Veterans Today - 'Israel a cornered rat.'

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/08/04/israel-a-cornered-rat/

 

 

 

Surely if the inheritor has no income or substantial savings they should be exempt.
You could even argue they didn't expect or want to have the land so why should they have to pay, even for something that came from a private individual and not state (i.e. publicly funded) source.
 
Less taxes for everyone will make any economy flourish, taxes are stolen, 'mis-allocated', abused, lost and wasted, and even worse, they are used to make government bigger.
 
What does government do to improve economies?
 
Answers on a postcard please!
 
 
 

 
- provide roads and infrastructure
- provides for a legal system to solve disputes (business)
- enters into treaties with other states for better trade
- healthcare (without good healthcare you have a bad populace)
- provides schooling
 
Taxes are never fun but necessary, and inheritance tax is normal if you don't want an inheritance or cant pay for it don't accept it.
 
Though I am normally against inheritance tax as i feel its double taxing, in Thailand with its rich that pay little tax its a real viable option if they have a 5 million threshold or so. 
 
 
 
 
You've made me think a bit here Robblok, my head is hurting!
 
Roads, private companies can built them and charge users as they use them, that would reduce tax, just pay a fee be it by mile or however.
 
Legal systems are made by lawyers, 99% of politicans are lawyers, they can look after this side of things granted. Of course we don't want a Group 4 or rococop (OCP) scenario where private companies own the police.
 
Trade agreements, if government didn't tax imports/exports this would be unneccesary.
 
Healthcare, even the Swiss (no offence to them!) are all private, the UK NHS is full of managers instead of doctors and nurses, let people decide what policy they want to buy, hospitals would be more efficient this way.
 
Schools/education is important, what's wrong with apprenticeships? Most degrees these days are not used for all their capabilities, industry can certainly contribute towards the cost of some forms of education if they stand to benefit.
 
I'll say it again, tax goes to the government and not too the poor. Cut taxes, let business grow, there are more jobs, more money in circulation and everyone benefits.
 
Inheritence tax is another tax on a property that was bought and paid for with earnings (toil and sweat) which were taxed at the time, how is it fair to tax it again?
 
How about after next christmas everyone has to pay the tax man for the gifts someone else gave them?
 
 

Please read this article;
http://www.businessinsider.com/study-tax-cuts-dont-lead-to-growth-2012-9

Strong evidence that, in regards to the USA where the 'low tax = economic growth' belief is very prevalent, this is factually incorrect.

Lower taxes only lead to higher inequality.

 

Look at France, big taxes on the super rich, they've all moved to London and that place is booming, lots more jobs for the service industry, car sales are up etc etc. The rich spend more and create work.

Perhaps the rich will get richer proportionally but if the poorest of folk has a raise in their standard of living is that bad?

Tax people too  much and the golden goose will be killed, the ones who can flee will. Never before have so many US citizens surrendered their nationality, why? Tax.

 

Off topic a tad, but tax related.

My old man gets a pension from the army (22yrs service) and one from the cops (20yrs) and probaby a bog-standard government pension. I don't know how much it is but I bet there's 2 or 3 minimum wage earners working just to pay his retirement fund.

Cut taxes and make people look after themselves instead, why should others have to pay for his (and others in this way) I'm sure these pensions won't be around much longer though as the financial crisis is set to worsen, watch the taxes go up though!

 

The Khmer Rouge were trained by SAS in Thai camps. Maggie (and of course Washington) knew about it too.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/09/cambodia

 

Of course we can believe everything and anything this criminal mass murderer says.

 

He wouldn't lie would he?

 

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2014/04/how-thatcher-gave-pol-pot-hand

http://www.yale.edu/cgp/thailand_response.html

These are liars too?
 

 

Surely if the inheritor has no income or substantial savings they should be exempt.

You could even argue they didn't expect or want to have the land so why should they have to pay, even for something that came from a private individual and not state (i.e. publicly funded) source.

 

Less taxes for everyone will make any economy flourish, taxes are stolen, 'mis-allocated', abused, lost and wasted, and even worse, they are used to make government bigger.

 

What does government do to improve economies?

 

Answers on a postcard please!

 

 

 

 

- provide roads and infrastructure

- provides for a legal system to solve disputes (business)

- enters into treaties with other states for better trade

- healthcare (without good healthcare you have a bad populace)

- provides schooling

 

Taxes are never fun but necessary, and inheritance tax is normal if you don't want an inheritance or cant pay for it don't accept it.

 

Though I am normally against inheritance tax as i feel its double taxing, in Thailand with its rich that pay little tax its a real viable option if they have a 5 million threshold or so. 

 

 

 

 

You've made me think a bit here Robblok, my head is hurting!

 

Roads, private companies can built them and charge users as they use them, that would reduce tax, just pay a fee be it by mile or however.

 

Legal systems are made by lawyers, 99% of politicans are lawyers, they can look after this side of things granted. Of course we don't want a Group 4 or rococop (OCP) scenario where private companies own the police.

 

Trade agreements, if government didn't tax imports/exports this would be unneccesary.

 

Healthcare, even the Swiss (no offence to them!) are all private, the UK NHS is full of managers instead of doctors and nurses, let people decide what policy they want to buy, hospitals would be more efficient this way.

 

Schools/education is important, what's wrong with apprenticeships? Most degrees these days are not used for all their capabilities, industry can certainly contribute towards the cost of some forms of education if they stand to benefit.

 

I'll say it again, tax goes to the government and not too the poor. Cut taxes, let business grow, there are more jobs, more money in circulation and everyone benefits.

 

Inheritence tax is another tax on a property that was bought and paid for with earnings (toil and sweat) which were taxed at the time, how is it fair to tax it again?

 

How about after next christmas everyone has to pay the tax man for the gifts someone else gave them?

 

 

Surely if the inheritor has no income or substantial savings they should be exempt.

You could even argue they didn't expect or want to have the land so why should they have to pay, even for something that came from a private individual and not state (i.e. publicly funded) source.

Less taxes for everyone will make any economy flourish, taxes are stolen, 'mis-allocated', abused, lost and wasted, and even worse, they are used to make government bigger.

What does government do to improve economies?

Answers on a postcard please!

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/08/03/The-column-the-Telegraph-was-afraid-to-publish-Israel-identifies-race-with-right

Censored articles in the UK broadsheets, nobody is allowed to criticise Israel.

The Khmer Rouge were trained by SAS in Thai camps. Maggie (and of course Washington) knew about it too.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/09/cambodia

Has the Mae Wong dam project been binned then? Local rumours are a family with its biggest names living abroad were involved to get their greedy hands on expensive timber.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/one-palestinian-child-has-been-killed-by-israel-every-3-days-for-the-past-13-years-2/5389498

http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2014/07/31/idf-sniper-admits-to-murdering-13-gazan-children-on-instagram

Maybe he could replace Blair as the Middle East peace envoy?

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/23/fps_situation_report_kerry_lands_in_israel_to_try_to_broker_a_cease_fire_pentago

Is this ok for you?

There was the story from my company when a Thai captain (based in a shore-side office) started crying as the job his farrang boss asked him to go and do 'was beneath him.'

If qualified grown men behave like this, someone with potentially the responsibility of many lives if he (unlikely) returned to sea, one has to look down on the mind set of Thais.

If I had to pay tax on my salary all the people I employ directly and indirectly out in the sticks would not be receiving so much work and therefore they would be poorer.

Would the tax collected from my earnings by the government go to these people?

I think not, it would be lost, stolen and wasted by career politicians whose only qualifications are having attended law school.

The same in nearly all countries I wager. Scotland's biggest landowner used to be the Egyptian owner of Harrods!

Oh and the name of the border crossing point is Phu Nam Ron (Thai side) to Htee Khee (Myanmar side)

I thought come August visa runs were going to be a thing of the past, maybe it was one hop out/in but after that it's got to be by plane.

Whatever it is the authorities are cracking down and it's going to mess up a lot of people.

I just found out about the 27 Buddahs before Siddartha. How many locals know this I wonder?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_28_Buddhas

www.nanagarden.com

I haven't bought anything from here yet.