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Blank guns, otherwise called toys, are sold freely. But isn't it the people who offer the service of making them fire real bullets the real problem? Chris Rock had the answer when he suggested charging $5,000 per bullet.

A poor article that ignores the elephant in the room. It mentions inadequate insurance once but goes no further. How about the 8.4% or 27.6 million Americans of all ages did not have health insurance in 2022? So for all the crying about needing primary healthcare doctors, there are over 27m people who cannot afford to see a doctor anyway. Lots of mentions of the poor. So why not discuss racial disparity? Nonelderly American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) (21%) and Hispanic (19%) people were more than twice as likely as their White counterparts (7%) to be uninsured as of 2021. At birth, AIAN and Black people had a shorter life expectancy (65.2 and 70.8 years, respectively) compared to White people (76.4) as of 2021, and AIAN, Hispanic, and Black people experienced larger declines in life expectancy than White people between 2019 and 2021. While poor people suffer most, isn't it because they are mostly minorities? And the fact that the healthcare industry is only in it to the money? When I saw the attached cartoon of American healthcare executives visiting the NHS in the UK, I guessed the problem immediately.

I might be wrong but it wasn't McCarthy siding with the Dems but the Dems supporting McCarthy in what is known as a bipartisan supported bill.

I could take a wild guess that the government is aware that there are people without smartphones or digital knowledge and thus not everyone will have benefit from the giveaway. More importantly, where will the government get the money? The Ministry of Finance (MoF) doesn't want it to borrow from the Government Savings Bank (GSB), which would almost certainly cause a run on the bank. The GSB is backed by the MoF, which hasn't budgeted for this event.

I suppose that Joe didn't know about Hunter's earnings as he wasn't involved in his business dealings.

or reading...

It was done for emphasis.

I don't know where to find information showing why government spending in the USA increases by more than inflation and population growth. I found this so far: Between 2013 and 2022, aggregate annual spending by the 50 state governments, excluding federal funds, increased 51.7%. Total annual federal spending rose 69.4% during the decade, more than three times as fast as the 21.6% increase in the rate of population growth plus inflation. https://www.livemint.com/budget/the-data-prove-government-is-spending-too-much-11696443626605.html#:~:text=Between 2013 and 2022%2C aggregate,of population growth plus inflation. Does it outstrip population growth due to infrastructure costs or something else?

May be misleading to note the fall took place when the new government entered. They haven't had time to mess it up yet. Reports they want to borrow billions from the GSB implies they never really thought how they will pay for 10,000 Baht giveaways though...

No - hate people who make stuff up instead of READING.

I help support a school in Hua Hin (quite a drive from the town but same area) through a foundation. The land is owned by the army, which forbids electric power lines to be built. They don't want more people to move to the nearby village. Arranging for solar panels to be installed because the old ones there now hardly work and its classrooms are hot, running just a few fans. After talking to the district office and being told they can't do anything, this is the news I have been waiting for. Except that the news item says "some" land. Fingers crossed.

Knee jerks reactions do require thought. How about mental health treatment?

A Browning 50mm on each balcony. Someone starts to shoot, spray the area with bullets. Oh, the PM wants to make malls safer? How many shootings in malls over the years? I remember the gold robbing teacher but that is about all. Knives, hammers etc., have multiple uses but guns have a single, solitary use. There's the clue.

British racism following Brexit was globally reported - which shows you don't read much. I felt like blowing your biased ideas out of the water. Sorry. https://www.euronews.com/2016/07/03/police-report-surge-in-racist-hate-crime-since-uk-brexit-vote (Europe) https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/post-brexit-racist-attacks-soar-hate-crimes-reported-to-police-increase-57_uk_57714594e4b08d2c5639adcb (US) https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/29/484038396/after-brexit-vote-u-k-sees-a-wave-of-hate-crimes-and-racist-abuse (US) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/25/the-uncomfortable-question-was-the-brexit-vote-based-on-racism/ (US) https://www.smh.com.au/world/brexit-britain-gripped-by-wave-of-racism-in-aftermath-of-vote-20160628-gpt919.html (Australia) https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-05/debates/7FECFE5E-931A-45A2-A978-24B77706D4B5/EUReferendumRaceHateCrime (UK Government) https://www.france24.com/en/20162706-media-watch-post-referendum-racism (France 24) (from 2.48 mins) https://newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/research/brexit-referendum-vote-caused-an-increase-in-hate-crime/ (Germany) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/6/28/brexit-increase-in-racist-attacks-after-eu-referendum (Qatar/global) https://www.economicsobservatory.com/did-the-vote-for-brexit-lead-to-a-rise-in-hate-crime (UK - nothing to do with the Observer) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-racism-uk-postreferendum-racism-hate-crime-eu-referendum-racism-unleashed-poland-racist-abuse-true-scale-revealed-a7160786.html (UK)

Personally, I do some homework before stating facts. The racism following the referendum was globally reported. https://www.euronews.com/2016/07/03/police-report-surge-in-racist-hate-crime-since-uk-brexit-vote (Europe) https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/post-brexit-racist-attacks-soar-hate-crimes-reported-to-police-increase-57_uk_57714594e4b08d2c5639adcb (US) https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/29/484038396/after-brexit-vote-u-k-sees-a-wave-of-hate-crimes-and-racist-abuse (US) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/25/the-uncomfortable-question-was-the-brexit-vote-based-on-racism/ (US) https://www.smh.com.au/world/brexit-britain-gripped-by-wave-of-racism-in-aftermath-of-vote-20160628-gpt919.html (Australia) https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-05/debates/7FECFE5E-931A-45A2-A978-24B77706D4B5/EUReferendumRaceHateCrime https://www.france24.com/en/20162706-media-watch-post-referendum-racism (France 24) (from 2.48 mins) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-racism-uk-postreferendum-racism-hate-crime-eu-referendum-racism-unleashed-poland-racist-abuse-true-scale-revealed-a7160786.html https://newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/research/brexit-referendum-vote-caused-an-increase-in-hate-crime/ (Germany) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/6/28/brexit-increase-in-racist-attacks-after-eu-referendum (Qatar/global) https://www.economicsobservatory.com/did-the-vote-for-brexit-lead-to-a-rise-in-hate-crime (UK - nothing to do with the Observer)

The incidents were reported live and there were interviews. I simply have links to two articles available. How many links do you require? Breitbart news in the UK is sketchy at best. Maybe you are too young to remember 2016? And Poles are mentioned in the first few paragraphs. Obviously you stopped reading at that point.

Not sure what you mean as I followed the news over the referendum period live and there were many reports. Interviews with British indians. Let's not forget the Windrush saga.

It was well reported at the time. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36634786 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/26/racist-incidents-feared-to-be-linked-to-brexit-result-reported-in-england-and-wales Google is your friend. Use it before calling people liars.

Quite confusing to come from one of the most racist countries in Europe and meet racist Russians. I remember colored Brits reporting that the day after the Brexit referendum result in 2016 they were jeered by white Brits telling them to go back to their own country. Avoiding Russians in Phuket should be a breeze. Why let Russians stop you from visiting Thai relatives in Thailand?

I find it interesting that the boy was captured alive. In another country, he would have been blown away by police with 60 bullets. Sad for the boy's parents, but why give a mentally disturbed kid access to guns?

It isn't clear for sure. Money transferred to Thailand from overseas was likely from bank A overseas to Bank B in Thailand. How can bank B ascertain that the money was earned income not savings? If I have an account overseas that was used to keep savings and earn interest, does the Thai bank deduct tax automatically? Why would we have to prove it is not earned income? Why shouldn't the Thai government have to prove it was?

It is doubtful that the wording of every line of the Constitution will be changed. Similar to other Constitutions, there will be amendments that will become part of the new Constitution. I believe, for instance, that MF asked for 112 to be amended, not stripped out.

Create high income, push price inflation up. Lose cheap Chinese tourists. Lose manufacturing as skills don't rise to meet expectation. Poor education means depending on unskilled work in tourism. (The "hey you mister" syndrome) A need for cheaper labor grows. Cheaper unskilled workers enter from the region and more Thais become unemployed. Without fundamental changes to education, paying higher wages will create more problems.

How does one tell one catfish from another? It could be two creatures catfishing him.

If only one government cared about the level of education here they would stop buying war toys and invest properly to raise education standards. One foundation I know wanted to teach poor women basic financial literacy but the project failed. When asking the women why, many said they didn't know how to read and weight. Budget be damned, focus on where it goes and what it does