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That’s not at all what she said. She’s opposed to illegal foreign imports flooding the market and harming legal Thai cannabis businesses. If you’re going to attack what she says, attack what she actually said instead of making something up and then criticizing your own invention.

I have 23 years in the Dutch system and therefore am eligible for 46% of the fully vested (50 years) AOW pension. If I am single (or married and separated) I'd receive €653 (46% of €1353.11). If I'm married (and not separated and living together as husband and wife) I would receive 46% of €920.98 or €423.65 . I've yet to receive a payment so I can't confirm the amounts but based on answers I've received here and the results of additional research I believe I now have correct and current information. It is possible to continue to contribute to AOW to build up more years credit when you retire in 12 years. I don't know the specifics but it might be worth contacting AOW to see if there'd be a benefit to your doing that.

Upon further examination it seems that there used to be a "young partner supplement" but at some point prior to 2019 it was done away with in a budget cut. I read an article in De Telegraaf about a man who lost €300 a month after marrying a Thai. Another commenter wrote "The abolition of the younger partner allowance was a pure cutback. There was no human dimension to it. The government has been calling for years that the state pension will become unaffordable and that is why cutbacks had to be made. This discount has been implemented under the guise of the partner working or having to work. It is irrelevant where one lives, whether the partner is physically able to work and whether work can be found."

It sounds like you're receiving AOW and are married to a Thai who never contributed to the AOW. Does your wife receive anything, or do you just get the married pension for yourself? I found this at belastingtips. nl which seems to indicate that she should be receiving a supplement. I still don't know if that applies to everyone who has a right to AOW or only Dutch citizens do. Foreign partner Suppose you have emigrated to Spain and are retiring. Your partner is Spanish and is 40 years old, she has never lived or worked in the Netherlands. Your partner can still be insured in the Netherlands for 25 years for her state pension (theory). The supplement for your partner will then be 25 x 2% = 50% (of the married couples with an AOW pension). This percentage is determined at a point in time (when you turn 65) and will then no longer be adjusted. This is strange and incorrect, but that's the law, take advantage of it. When your partner turns 65, the supplement will stop. The allowance also stops in the event of your death. https://www.belastingtips.nl/kennisbank/fiscaaladvies_dossier/emigratie/recht_op_aow_na_emigratie/?fbclid=IwAR3BIIRjPlKtxnWuI1TO1tA7LyfGxtvd5eYMTWTWE07zzj2IESaqFVVmlKU

I spoke with a Dutch friend who works for the government (but not for the SVB) and she found this online. https://www.belastingtips.nl/kennisbank/fiscaaladvies_dossier/emigratie/recht_op_aow_na_emigratie/?fbclid=IwAR3BIIRjPlKtxnWuI1TO1tA7LyfGxtvd5eYMTWTWE07zzj2IESaqFVVmlKU Foreign partner Suppose you have emigrated to Spain and are retiring. Your partner is Spanish and is 40 years old, she has never lived or worked in the Netherlands. Your partner can still be insured in the Netherlands for 25 years for her state pension (theory). The supplement for your partner will then be 25 x 2% = 50% (of the married couples with an AOW pension). This percentage is determined at a point in time (when you turn 65) and will then no longer be adjusted. This is strange and incorrect, but that's the law, take advantage of it. When your partner turns 65, the supplement will stop. The allowance also stops in the event of your death. I have a question for the people who said that I'd just get €920, is this based on personal experience or how you've heard it works or how you think it works? The article my friend found seems to contradict that unless this foreign policy supplement only applies to Dutch nationals but not to residents/past residents with a right to AOW.

What happens with your Dutch AOW pension if you're married to a non-Dutch national who has never lived in the Netherlands and has never contributed to the AOW? A Thai wife for example. According to the AOW, if you are married, you receive the married pension, regardless of where you were married, or if your wife has ever lived in or been a resident of the Netherlands. They didn't say whether you wife gets an additional amount equal to your married pension amount resulting in you getting more money than if you were single, or if you're penalized for being married and you get only the lower married pension instead of the higher single person's pension. Right now single pension is €1353.11 per month and married is €920.98 per person per month. If someone were 100% vested and married to a Thai wife who has no connection to the Netherlands, would they receive €1353.11 per month, or €1841.96 a month? Are there any people here who worked in the Netherlands and are drawing AOW and have a wife who never lived or worked in the Netherlands? Thanks in advance.

Umm, a few million drunk Thai people in close contact with each other partying for three days. Public health experts accurately predicted an increase in cases because activity like that is the perfect way to spread airborne diseases. I wonder what we should call the problem of people referring to Covid as the “Chinese Virus”? The pinhead bigot disease?

He meant “black”.

The record turnout was from patriotic Americans voting and trying to save the country from a wanna-be dictator who was already plotting ways to remain in office after he lost. Five states have had 100% voting by mail dating back to 2002 with zero evidence of voter fraud. There is no evidence to support that voting by mail favors one party over the other but that doesn’t stop RWNJ media from promulgating lies about it. Trump lost because he was unpopular and he received fewer votes from Republicans because they now had four years to see what a poor choice he was in 2016.

..and to ensure that the Thai Tobacco Company retains a nicotine monopoly.

Cannabis is legal, selling cannabis is legal with the proper license . It’s only vapes containing nicotine that are illegal.

I had similar thoughts. Why bother to mention “British” after they already stated that the perp was a drunken tourist? Almost every article here that mentions fighting, antisocial behavior or vandalism involves drunken British tourists. I’ve been to over 60 countries and if there’s drunken rowdiness it’s not Germans or Spanish or even loud, entitled Americans responsible , it’s most often Brits.

I had a dozen ASIC miners running in 2017 and my electric bill was around 130,000 THB a month.

In 2016/17 I was making about 350,000 a month in revenue and had an electric bill of around 130,000 THB. By the end of 2017 I was making around 140,000 and still had a 130k electric bill so I stopped. That was with a dozen ASIC miners that cost $1500 to $5000 each. Without exact figures it's hard to guess how much they made. They had at least $35 million USD invested just in hardware, maybe more. Even without paying for energy, it's unlikely they made out well in two years, with low BTC prices. Maybe they never even broke even.

She's either suffering from a mental illness or she figures if women can walk around in a skimpy bikini and nobody cares, then nobody should care if she wears a bra and underwear while changing clothes, which actually cover more skin.

It it was a straight, white male NBA player who had forgotten a vape cartridge in their luggage and was arrested and imprisoned in Russia and released, conservatives would be arranging for a ticker tape parade and celebrating.

America, where everyone brags about how much freedom we have but complain if you exercise it. Don't offer your opinion on politics and don't even think about exercising your freedom to not stand up for songs.

Add a red hat and it’s an “American starter-kit”.

Yeah, the more guns, the safer the country. Look at the U.S. it’s the safest country in the planet. No shootings there, just a bunch of polite people.

What is the current fee that Thai immigration collects here in Thailand in THB for a one year visa renewal based on marriage to a Thai spouse and what is the fee for a multiple entry? I apologize if this has been asked before. I spent quite a bit of time searching here and online and I found nothing except the fee in USD and AUD and GBP online. Here, no matter what search terms I used, nothing came up.

I’m really surprised that not a single armchair detective here is claiming he was murdered by his Thai girlfriend, her family, her ex-boyfriend or a kathoey. Or does that only happen when 190cm tall farangs fall off hotel balconies that have 75 cm high railings?

That’s all inaccurate. Many private companies and one-person businesses already have licenses to sell cannabis and import and sell seeds etc. Most businesses require a license or permit. Even to sell gasoline. Your super powers seem to be finding conspiracies when none exist.

Does he want to be set on a pike?

You’re able to refer to banks here as “loan sharks”?

Let’s ban all alcohol and tobacco sales and use, children might use them. Better yet, how about laws that make it illegal to provide cannabis to minors and make it illegal for minors to buy, possess or use cannabis and stop using the lame “what about the children” excuse to take rights away from adults?