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If I really wanted to mess with bureaucratic heads, I could bring across just enough non - exempt funds to result in a tax bill of 5 baht. As you say, getting the entire structure in place will take years.

You really think Trump will improve any of those parameters? A "concept of a plan" won't cut the mustard. I don't see Trump offering student loan relief. He's on record as hoping the economy would crash, so the Fed's 0.5% cut in interest rates must really be p!ssing him off. IIRC you were in the military. I wonder how you can look at yourself in the mirror, given Captain Bonespur's repeated disrespect of people who serve. Trump's only goal in running for president is to stay out of jail. It's game over if he loses. IMO he does not give a sh!t about conservative values.

Part of the ATO's tax structure is the fact one can opt out of submitting a tax return if one's income is below the threshold, using a non-lodgment advice form. I submitted the form three years ago. I have not heard from the ATO since. I have not filed a tax return for three years. I assume someone in the ATO looked at my returns for a few years prior to submitting the form, and concluded there would be no tax payable in future years. I would have to be reinstated in the tax system before I could be taxed again. IMO I would be too small a fish to fry. As far as Thailand goes, I have enough non-taxable pre-2024 savings to last for 5-6 years.

You have been known to post a few of your own. As for rational thinking, spare me.

The age pension can only be taxed if it is transferred to Thailand. If it is left to accumulate in a Australian bank account, there's nothing Thailand can do.

I get it, Trump is not a hypocrite. Straight arrow, won't pander to any voting bloc. A Christian who can't quote a single verse from the Bibles he flogs. Appears at Arlington for a photo-op with families of dead people he calls suckers and losers. Blocks a bipartisan bill to control immigration, for political advantage. You can't answer my question as to why Trump's addition to the national debt is somehow better than Harris, so you resort to the same tired name-calling as Trump does. I guess expecting honesty from your posts is a bridge too far.

I do have to marvel at your talents, that you can use your organ to blow up condoms like a balloon.

Quite right. I am an outlier, and happy to be so.

We are not all grown up. 46% of Americans owe money on their credit cards. $1.14 trillion. The average American is in debt to the tune of $104,000, including mortgages, student loans, cars etc. If you think you got those card points free without someone paying for it, there's a bridge in Sydney Harbor I'd like to sell you. I bet there are quite a few that would like to be in my financial position.

Germane to the thread title........

You've been reading Robert Heinlein again.

AFAIK condoms are tested destructively, with the rest of the batch either scrapped or sold depending on the test outcome.

My father was a bank teller. He taught me to avoid debt like the plague. I don't even have a credit rating. Or a credit card. Debit cards only. The last time I owed any money was 50 years ago, I pay any bills as soon as I get them. That way, I can forget about them. I have no interest in impressing friends, relatives and neighbors with my possessions. I buy things for function, not appearances. I have one luxury. Golf.

X'ray fluorescence can be used to measure coating thickness of metals, Near infrared for organic coatings. Or FTIR. It does not matter which is used, at some point they all have to be calibrated by coating mass measurement.

I witnessed an argument between Robert Baboian (RIP) and Herbert Townsend over the validity of salt spray testing at the conference. Both were at the top of their fields. Baboian was the prime mover in developing salt spray testing as an ASTM standard. Townsend really got under Baboian's skin when he said " Salt spray testing is an excellent means for deciding what material to use when building a salt spray cabinet".

I don't recall any Clinton supporter getting jail time when she lost. OTOH, of the people who were charged with attempting to storm the Capitol on Trump's instigation, about 50% are behind bars. That fact gives me hope MAGA supporters could not possibly be so stupid as to try it on a second time, if he loses again.

Thankfully, there is more to ASEAN than American politics. So no. The political soapbox does serve a useful function. It helps identify the fruitcakes and wingnuts.

The topic is " Does Donald Trump have dementia?" Biden whataboutism is irrelevant.

Deflection.

If there was a medical diagnosis available that said Trump does not have cognitive decline and/or dementia, don't you think the GOP would be shrieking it to the heavens?

Dallas was my first experience of the USA, when I was one of the speakers at an international corrosion conference. During my week there, I saw Ricky Nelson live on stage. I can remember going to the jewellery section of Nieman-Marcus, and marveling at the mix of classical beauty and sheer vulgarity in the gold section. My next stop was Gary, Indiana, visiting a steel mill. A socio-economic disparity.

I have that poster on ignore as a serial liar. Wonder where he gets it from?

Not when it sounds like the sour whining of an envious old man. OTOH, her calling him a sack of sh!t was spot on. She's endorsed Harris, voter registrations in her age group ballooned afterwards. If you can't connect the dots, I can't help you.

Yeah, I can just see 20- somethings burdened with student loans lining up to vote for a 78 yo.

It's probably fair to say Taylor may not have as many fans in 5-10 years. She will no doubt have a rusted on base, just like Trump. I know people who are still fans of the Bee Gees, and Elvis Presley. Right now, she has considerable influence. IMO Trump would have done much better to keep his mouth shut, but we all know that is Mission Impossible.