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Right now probably okay as they will shortly have the fake Trump watches out...Rolex has always been the top fakes here so unless you stay at the very top hotels and dress in expensive wear, as someone else mentioned, the bad guys will think yours is a fake too.

With all the saber rattling today, hard to argue that point with you. But saber rattling has been going on for at least my entire life,.,Hopefully saner people will replace the leaders of today.

well if the majority of foods sold in restaurants and grocery stores is any example of what is someone's basic eating habit, then maybe you should check the statistics of bad health around the world. Go to any store - look a any "packaged" food - check the label and look at the ingredients - half the words are not English, fake colors, fake tastes - these are mostly poisons. glucose is a known feeder of cancer cells, sugar and starches are turned into glucose which feeds the cancer cells in one's body. Cancer cells form as the body replaces itself regularly and a cell that doesn't change exactly can easily become a cancer cell. People need to be more aware of what they are eating, drinking, smoking and lazy lifestyle which all if done badly lead to disease and poor health. SInce it is up to the individual to change to a better lifestyle, yeah too many people blame it on something else. Best to get on the health kick the younger the better for a healthy older life unless of course you want to booze it up, smoke it up, laze it up - then you shall reap what you sow. Cancers based on genetics are single digit - now the researchers have proven that diet and lifestyle contribute more to the worse diseases in people. But, don't change anything based on what I have mentioned, do a little research for yourself... it can save you money and years. Doctors and hospitals don't seem to be getting any cheaper... today the figures for US health insurance increases for the next year...still zooming. I personally have great health insurance for me and my family - I have in 77 years have not had to use that insurance. I have exercised my entire life, avoided booze and smoking and have changed my diet as I learn about dangerous foods. Fortunately I am in Thailand, land of untold number of fruits veggies, etc and having read about foods and disease, I have talilored my diet to almost all healthy foods. to each his own. Best of luck to all.

That is because of Xi, Putin, Little Rocket Man, Iranian head, they have been saying for years that they are preparing for war with the west, Putin wants to restore the countries of the Soviet Union, I wants Taiwan which has never been under communism rule, Little Rocket man wants to take over S. Korea, Iran wants to destroy Israel - the only thing holding either of them from striking is the US and its allies . However, now the allies are fracturing somewhat with too many internal problems. Meanwhile the weather will probably destroy all of us as it continues to change for the worse.

Also while mentioniong western countries, one should remember that they have never been able to eradicate poverty either! Just keep throwing free money or benefits at them doesn't work!

This is exactly what KH showed in their debate and he should have scored heavily against her except she was well aware prior to the debate that all she had to do was critize him about anything and he would start ranting and raving and gaining no points against her.

If you were alive during the years these advisors to Trump were there, you must have buried your head in the sand like to mention the proverbial ostrich when confronted with anything different. These were people he "wanted" around him because they were some of the best at their former jobs and many of them probably thought they could steer him away from the errors but to no avail as he doesn't ever see any error that he cannot blame someone else for. If elected again then deep kimchi as we say for the citizens of the world. IMHO anyway

Also, unless the DTA specifically says "government or civil service pension" it may not be taxed only by that government. In the DTA for US I believe it states only that the civil serve/govt pension is taxed ONLY by the US govt and that state pensions can be taxded by the tax-resident govt. I haven't read any DTA's other than that of the US but have seen mention that the pensions of some countries are not taxed ONLY by that country but can be taxed by the country of tax-residency. Hope though, Thailand does do as the PI does, that is does not tax pensions of any kind is what I have read, making it a very attractive retirement location once a country begins taxing worldwide income.

That is probably due to the desires of the individual about going through the treatment. After my father's first treatment for prostrate cancer, he told me that if it came back he would not do anything except die before treatment as the treatment seemed to him to be worse than the cancer. He died 3 years later at 76 years of age. His hospitalization insurance paid for the initial treatment and would have paid for this recurrence too. But as long as someone has medical insurance doctors and hospitals will treat them. If one doesn't have insurance they might forgo the treatment too due to the cost.

Well, IMHO, based on everything I am reading lately, and recognizing that it is more than likely TRUE in every sense, I agree with top researchers including in the forefront Dr. William Li, a well-known Harvard trained heart specialist, researcher, and scientist - that yeah, genes do cause some people to have certain diseases but only a small percentage while the majority of the causes of all the major diseases including heart, cancers, alzheimer's/demenia, diabetes, is poor DIETs. This is a big pharma and big FOOD industries that want people to be sick so that they have to take drugs to cover up the symtoms, and food that since the 1980's has gone from natural to machine made. Chemicals unhealthy for the human body, are used to color and alter the taste of products. These have been shown to be unhealthy for a long time i.e. seed oils/trans fats - have been known for over 20 years to be unhealthy and cause of cancers! yet only recently did the US FDA outlaw it somewhat. Researchers are finding cures for diseases but based on food which has the necessary nutrients/chemicals to defend against and cure some diseases without side effects even and researchers are finding with surprise that the natural defense is much better. In many cases, they are still recommending one to follow the doctor's orders but since the natural foods don't cause any side effects, they actually enhance that drug too. But, skin cancers, lung cancers, and some other disease is most likely caused by lifestyle - smoking, tanning etc but that is also well known yet people still smoke and still get sunburned regularly. Matter of choice - now we have a much better choice and I suggest that people if possible should read the two best sellers by Dr. Li and diets/foods for healthy living. The books are available in BKK. Best of health and luck to all.

The original on this subject was the elite visa holders - most of them are financially well off and would probably be in the Thai 35% bracket ...just sayiing, as I also realize that many folks may have only a pension which probably would be of lesser value tax wise for the Thai RD.

Well, guess maybe some of the richer Magaites will love the latest - 100K US dollars for a Trump watch. Wonder what he will stop at?

I am a former (now retired) government worker , with 4 years military and 36 years civil servant, plus did work for large manufacurer for a couple of years - I saw many incompetent workers in every job ever had, even to the point where prior to leaving the military, I was sent to co-write my job description and training needed for such and that finished product was immediately accepted by the highest level although it increased training by 2 additional weeks at a time when training time was told to not increase. I noticed especially, some from my generation but increasingly more during each new generation of people. To me they appreared to be lazy and felt that they were "entitled" to do less for more money or rights. A sad story on society of today as this is my opinion.

This is exactly why a thorough investigation should be done on the Arizona licensing office - either the software or intentional failing to assure all that citizenship must be clearly marked if that is to be used for voter registration. Check also the registration officials and offices if narrowed down to just one or two. Too many corrupt officials today, just look at the one's that actually get caught and then picked up by the media. Scary for sure what polarization in our elections is destroying our democracy. As we lose that, we will begin to lose freedom for sure. This is my opinion anyway.

Earned income although taxed in one's home country even if that country has a DTA with Thailand, may still be taxed by Thailand if that person is also a tax-resident in Thailand and tax credits can be given for those taxes paid in one's own country but if the Thai tax is higher than that paid to one's own country, the higher amount could also be paid to Thailand i.e. if your country tax on your earned income is 20% but that income is higher in Thailand and the % is 10% higher, then you might have to fork over an additional 10% to Thailand. That is why one must read their country's DTA to see which country exempts any income from foreign taxes or if the tax-resident in a foreign country must pay secondary tax too. Best to read all the documentation from the revenue department of Thailand, where one can also find all the DTA's and read that for your country to get a better understanding. If still not fairly sure, check with some of the tax agencies as they might give a shore (15 minute) free consultation and some advertize tha they will figure your tax situation free but when doing the tax forms, will then charge you. Good luck.

And what about all the other time the the PAC's gave her big bucks too and just recently admitted it so that it wouldn't be an issue for the finance folks that hadn't reported it.

the operative word here is hypochondria.

Long after her husband was out of office and not campaigning.

Michelle's payment was not when she was a presidential CANDIDATE and not for campaign funds supposedly as Melania...and with Melania even after Trump lost in 2020 she continued to receive money from the superpacs....BTW wasn't originally reported as required but just recently...

As others have written in the news, very rare that anyone of a presidential candidates family receive campaign contributions from a superpac...she has done so many times.

But she is now very rich and upon divorce will find a younger more virile hubby or companion.

Well, googling that, the only thing I can find is that Melania has reaped quite a bit of money from the superpacs. Can you cite one article of proof for the other wives' receipt of campaign funds for rallies?

Well, based on what I read in the article, the local officials should be able to identify this animal easily since he has been partying with the auntie and others for some time apparently. Need to string this guy up for a while. A 3-year old....bad enough if adult is raped but for such a youngster to have her life probably destroyed mentally. But too many Asian countries and others don't seem to be bothered a whole lot about RAPE. Maybe because I have 2 daughters I am extremely unforgiving for such a SIN. But I do believe that everyone should be against this animal trait in any person.

I checked the Revenue Dept webbsite, google RD tax alerts etc, regarding this issue.,...as for same year earned (post 2023) the RD linterpretation of the tax law only says that even if an elite's income has been taxed already, when remitted into Thailand that person is required to file for taxes too in Thailand and can be offered tax credits for taxes paid in one's home country. So, seems to me that thre is no special exemption for the elite visa holder when it comes to taxation on income. Since the elite holder also more likely has a higher income, the taxing percentage could be lower in another country as oppo Thailand so the holder might have a Thai obligation too.

If you truely believe that, find any story about any previously wife of a presidential candidate being paid to attend a rally. She is just a gold digger from the gitgo, a paid "escort" for the rich brought into the US and grabbed a real idiot. I would definitely like to see how much she is being paid just to stay with him now. She is no better than KH, a toy for the rich politicians.