Ben Zioner

Within one or two decades Vietnam is going to overtake Thailand in about every field, with Prostitution remaining a Thai area of expertise.

Well, if you like fat arses..

Arabs everywhere now...

If you are in your thirties of forties it maybe worth it. At 65 five with 10 to 15 years of life expectancy dealing with immigration will cost you less time and effort. Then LTR came ..

I'll keep doing one yearly transfer, on the first business day of January.

U r a communist?

Indeed, I am 72 soon live in Isarn and spend 6 weeks a year in Bangkok. I have no issue going up and down the stairs of Nana Plaza, and rarely go back to my hotel alone. OP if you don't want to spend too much you could look at this hotel.

Any government need revenue but IMHO the step taken should be as follows: a) Ruthlessly stamp out corruption (bring in consultants from Singapore), b) Reduce the underground economy from 50% GDP to 20% (this is what this thread is about), c) Introduce a flat Income Tax, adjust the VAT rate, Tax wealth and assets, d) Redistribute some of the revenue to the poorest (not a 10K handout). Meanwhile, someone would have to find means to revitalise the economy. Anyhow if I could see this happen (a Sigaporean/Korean future for my girls) I'd be glad to pay IT, otherwise I'll avoid the punishment within legal limits and let the kids chose between the 30 countries where the can have a life.

The obvious, especially in Thailand, would be to ban anything that titrates more than 15% of alcohol. Which would leave wine and beer.

It isn't. It is the largest country in the World, with the GDP of Italy. Russia is spending disproportionate amount in military ventures that make you believe it is a superpower.

Yeah I know that for some people anti-semitic means nice.

There must be some interesting Paragliding. Are these slopes facing dominant sea breezes?

Sad, always thought Ireland was a nice country with nice people.

Yep especially when it is IGNITE THAILAND, as in the OP headline. You write that on social media and get the Gestapo knocking on your door next day.

So her first name was "Eat", he family name must be "Mypushy".

Well, when you perform you won't be treated as plodder, simple. But let's get back to need to have a robust health cover for those who want to retire to Thailand. I was saying it must be part of the very early planning.

Yes, very similar to my UN plan. I paid another 150 for my daughter.

"May", dunno about you, but I kept my last job for over 23 years, and the pension qualified me for LTR/WP. There is a time to to move around, a time to settle down, and a time to retire. For my generation at least.

Now I am lost, I always thought Soi 6 was a "Petting Zoo".

Get your head kicked in Pattaya, the world's most famous head kicking hub. Come and lose your teeth at the Night Market. Get neutered on Soi 6....

UN ASHI (After Service Health Insurance). Outsourced to Cigna.

How about ex US civil servants or Army?

"Third world' refers to economically weaker nations. 'Third world' countries are generally represented by lack of basic infrastructure facilities, high poverty, and economic instability. Third world countries are behind the first world and second world countries, but ahead of the fourth world countries." So 100%, isn't. Don't mention Bangkok please, as another trait of third would countries is the obscene disparity of the affluent urban minorities and the more remote underdeveloped rural areas.

We are in a third world country, so I find it legitimate that Thailand doesn't have to bear the cost of health of a group of geriatric immigrants. The only way out I could imagine would agreement between Thai social security and the health systems of our countries of origin. This has been achieved within EU, but at a much larger scale, so I doubt that our group would be large enough to justify such complex, hence expensive, negotiations. Otherwise even if someone would launch a group plan for retirees in Thailand, the underwriter would be bound to come back with a very high premium as we are all in the same high risk category. No young juicy healthy P2 grade participant to level the risk. A last thing, once retirees start to pay tax in Thailand they may have a stronger case to be allowed into the Thai social security, but that would be just a weak glimmer of hope, there are so many issues at stake here. Xenophobia, corruption, idiocy, etc.