MartinBangkok

What is a PILs?? In my native language, "pils" means beer.

It causes no issues with banking.

You are completely wrong.

"The notion that you should pay tax in Thailand if you live in Thailand isn’t a terrible one but it will certainly cause some chaos over the next few years" Are you crazy? Not a terrible notion???!! Paying tax to my home country gives me absolutely free education, including university (standards of education in a different universe compared to Thailand), 100% free health care (standard millions of miles above Thailand), several hundred welfare benefits never heard of in Thailand (how about 1 full year maternity benefit with full salary covered by the state), 1 full year on 100% salary in case of sickness (and very descent welfare support in case of not returning to workforce). Mininimum state pension of circa 80.000 Baht a month (your work pension comes in addition). Median state pension cirka 135.000 Baht per month). I could go on. Shall I? Ok, I will, freedom of speach, the right to vote, can buy land and property (and anything else), no 90 day reporting, no hell bureacracy, no price discrimination, a very good justice system (low income earners get lawyers free). Shall I still go on? How about a police force that enforces laws, first responders professionally trained and educated with world class equipment? Descent politicians and leaders which gives my country a military force that would run over Thailand in days, even though my country only has 1/7th of Thai population. Shall I give you more? Ok, no discimination of foreigners. No scams (compared to Thailand). A very low level of corruption. More?? PS: I am out of Thailand already after 15 years in "The land of fake smiles". Found another nation not far from Thailand, more beautiful (mountains, jungles, beaches, golf courses, girls!, and airquality and water quality (beaches) on a different level compared to Thailand. And last but not least, a people so much more expat friendly than Thais, it's hard to phatom, and they all speak English! More? Ok, I forgot to mention my soon to be new V8 muscle car (American), is less than half the price of Thailand!! (red wine too). Cheers

Thai quality products? When pigs fly.

Probably only 100 "Safety First" signs. Should have had 200.

"They've got us every way guys - you cannot become a global tax exile on planet earth. All you can do is find the cheapest legal option." You are so wrong Flyguy. You clearly haven't got a clue.

Chickenlegs, I could ask you to be banned for making fun of a non native English speaker. But I wont. I meant of course decent. How is your Norwegian, by the way?

But the real problem is that Thai products are inferiour, even to Chinese products.

All Thai products are inferiour to products made in China, not to mention products from the western world. If you disagree, name me one descent Thai-made product.

The main problem for Thailand is that Thai products are even inferiour in quality compared to Chinese products, not to mention products from developed nations.

Thailand is a Kleptocracy. In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates. Also, kleptocrats often export much of their profits to foreign nations in anticipation of losing power.[6]

Did Freud name you Sigmund while he was treating you?

You are Asian, right?

And hows the second hand value of your car right now?

You vote democrats, don't you JB Chiang Rai (regarding your love of vegan leather)? I have tried explaining just one of the downsides of an EV to you regarding the excess weight, but you just will not except any criticism about EVs. Will you?

"Dette går til helvete" as we say in Norway (This is going straight to hell)

Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, 29 officials penalized? How about sacking everybody, including yourself, and let a Farang build up Bangkok from the ground?

People who know me, know that I am very critical of Thailand. But I have to admit the Apple-ad is a bit outdated. Perhaps influenced by the movie "Hangover 2"? I see several similarities.

Your last paragraph is on a different subject BigStar. But talking about that, I agree with you.

How about lets learn the business language of the world..

What utter bull<deleted>. The lack of proficiency in English is one of the major problems holding this country back. Almost on par with corruption and the obsequious deference-behaviour brainwashed into 99% of Thai "children" from birth.

It never stops amazing me how Thais, and other Asian people, vehemently refuse to accept any criticism from "white" people. If you are a Thai reading this, try travelling by bus or train in a western developed country, and then make an honest comparissment with Thailand.

Vegan leather... Do you vote Democrats too?

And you think that beats the considerable extra gravitational force in bends and dramatically lower grip?