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For the last 8+ years the government hasn’t been able to get  much of anything accomplished, but now… now that there is no actual government they pass an outrageous increase in foreign tourists fees? This they get done while there is no sitting government? What a farce 

His smiling daughter is happy, she threw the Thai voters under the bus to get Daddy back in Thailand. 
pretty sure that is he will do anything t daddy tells her to do, regardless of the moral or ethical implications 

There is about as much chance of this old toad waddling away from the trough as there is seeing him in the gym. 
 

without his position he has only his ill gotten watch collection to amuse himself and make him feel relevant 

31 minutes ago, NemoH said:

MF got the most votes but bear in mind their total votes is about 1/3 of the electorate. So yes they have majority votes but they also need to convince 2/3 of the population to love them .. it is strange we hear so many of the 1/3 but not the silent 2/3 who still did not vote for MF. Let the democratic process takes it course.. 

there is nothing democratic about a Junta appointed senate determining who the Primary Minister will be

3 hours ago, khunpa said:

I paid of my wife’s sisters credit card loan of THB 90,000 and THB 30,000 she had borrowed from her employer, who basically treated her like a slave due to the money owed.

 

First thing I told her after helping her was not to borrow anymore money. Of course she did not listen at went out and borrowed again. So now she is back in the same situation. 
 

Lesson learnt: Don’t help a Thai in debt. They just don’t get it.

 

 

That problem is not exclusive to Thailand.

A big part of the problem is a failure of the education system to provide any meaningful financial or ethics education. 
maybe the lottery can fix everything

You gotta just love how Ms. Shinawatra’s face says “I am really happy about betraying our voters, our people and our principles” “let’s go”! 

This is the reason the “Constitutional Court” was created. To undertake the dirty work the Junta wants to be seen as legitimate. 
Sad day for Thailand happy day for corruption and juntas.

I guess Thailand has given up on last year’s policy of “quality tourists” over quantity. 
I know nothing last for ever, but public policy in Thailand seems to oscillate more than a fan 

Do I hear the rustle of envelopes being shuffled out

Too little and way too late. The problem will add to the decrease in tourism. Nobody really wants to vacation in filth. 

But wait… this can’t be true. Prayut promised he was going to rid Thailand of corrupt officials. That is the reason he stated when he staged a coup and overthrew a democratically elected government. I think he also said something about not wanting the prime minister’s job and bringing happiness to the people. There must be a misunderstanding here. 

I thought one of the coup czar’s main goals was to restore confidence in the government by ridding it of corruption. Tick tock tick tock, eight + long years later and here we are. 
…as that goes, it seems not much at all has been accomplished in the past 8 years.

A corruption accused director who approved higher entrance fees for foreigners has a department lousy with corruption and bribes. Who could imagine?

top down investigation with appropriate consequences for those involved with corruption is way past due.

Thailand is a vassal state. Beholden to China at the cost of its own citizens.