jamesbbkk

“In the US and Europe, known for their advanced development, the governments are allowing more street vendors to operate because the authorities are not able to create enough jobs [for everyone]."

This is rubbish. Authorities do not create jobs. Producers do. Governments produce nothing and are always consumers. People such as that quoted here are the people that are supposed to be looking out for regular folks? They are just spreading falsehoods about the role of the state, which as here and as usual is working to constrain jobs by restricting the ability of buyers and sellers to come together. The question is in part about the clout of the restaurant associations and their members, their landlords, and the governments that derive taxes and fees from the related activities.

4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Children should be taught how to learn, investigate and think and not just memorise  facts that may help them to pass tests. 

 

The most important  lesson being, if you aren’t making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough. 

 

 

My kid gets hassled about her English. Why? American accent. <deleted>?

1 hour ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

As a Canadian (by birth) -- I find that comment quite offensive.  I take pride in Canada being an open and diverse country, and I don't find it appropriate to distinguish between naturalized or native citizen.  

Nice of you to lecture others. More busybodies needed.

Allseeing Eye: Why to BC and not SG or HK? Canucks cannot get in on arrival closer?

Try Live Smart Golf in the Park Venture building, attached to Ploen Chit BTS.

The instructor Colin is great, the camera and computer setup is first rate.

It is on the 7th floor of the Parking Garage, take the lift next to the Okura Hotel inside the shopping center portion.

http://livesmartgolf.com/

Yes, Livesmart is great. Colin White and Lee Harper are professional golfers of Scottish extraction and skilled teachers. The name will soon be changing.

There will always be those left behind. It has never been easier to pull oneself forward and up though. Net positive.

After all these years of immense human progress because of tools, how could better tools be lamentable?

As robotics and further automation take more and more jobs over the next few generations, what are these people going to do? At some point there are just not going to be enough decent jobs for people to make a good living.

Indeed. Too many folks reaching for others' wallets. One may think he is getting govt to stick it to the super wealthy - envious much? - but it is just the above average schmoe and his family that gets creamed. The real rich can always deal with it though at great cost and waste of wealth which is waste to the whole society. Anyway the inheritence tax is theft, and it reduces generational mobility.

i for one am againt IHT it's getting to close to becoming like the uk, reason i left was to get away from all that c**p