billd766

I do wish that I were able to know the result of the next election in Thailand before it is even held.

But only if they get enough exposure on the social media.

Just like Trump wants people to invest in the USA. At the stroke of a pen, or in Trumps case a change of mind, and it can all be gone.

Not mine. I stopped trusting ALL politicians back before Harold Wilson in the 1960s. Perhaps you prefer yet another military coup?

How strange then, that over the years he has never actually turned anything substantial up.

Just another loud mouthed has been, full of broken promises.

You of course, DO know the result but you cannot back it up, can you?

But she is not living in Iran anyway. So what is your point?

But it would have been re-negotiated by now.

I had a quick look this morning and the minimum working wage is $7.25. The minimum working wage in Taiwan is $5.78. The minimum working wage in China is $3.70 (Shanghai is the highest and Guangxi is the lowest). Assuming that Trump is serious about making smart phones in the USA, the USA will need yo pay less than the Chinese rates to achieve the same profit level, plus the USA will need to source the entire parts required in the USA, so more factories producing those parts at prices lower than China will be needed, along with low wage workers to staff them.

Of course it will. The building part is easy, however the staffing part will be the hardest. Where will you find enough workers to work for low wages? Remember that Trump is deporting all the cheap labour, so you will ne left with true blue US citizens, and I doubt that they will work fir cheap wages.

Perhaps the fact that for the phone to be made in the USA, first you need to build the factory, then you need to staff it (which won't be cheap), then you need to test the product before you put it to the market. The phone will not be cheap to buy. Then you will need to compete with all the new smart phones which will come along during those years, made offshore and cheaper. Nothing is instant. Of course if you know of a better, cheaper and quicker way, then please tell us all.

Retaking an outpost is one thing and comes at a cost to both sides. Holding it and keeping it resupplied in "hostile territory" will be more difficult.

It is possible, but unlikely other than perhaps a double bird strike. I have not been following the story, so it is only my guess. There are so many self proclaimed aviation experts on AN nowadays, that I prefer to wait for the results by fully qualified accident investigators. It takes longer but is far more accurate.

Put some links and figures up for proof.

Do you know him personally? Have you ever met? If the answer to either question is no, then why should anyone believe a word you have said? Guesses are NOT facts or reality.

Why would they need one?

May I respectfully suggest that you don't tell anybody on AN about yourself, as there are posters here who can add 2 + 2, and come up with any number they like and convince other posters that they are correct. They live for nit picking and grammar Nastyism.

You are not misunderstood and you have nothing to apologise for.

But not from Sweden.

I am so glad that the USA will not sell the F35 to Thailand. It is too expensive to buy in the first place, plus the hourly flying cost is very high, as is the daily maintenance costs and will require too much manpower. It will be restricted to large airbases and cannot operate from main highways as the Gripen can. It still has many problems that need to be solved and it will bind Thailand to the USA, which currently, is an unreliable partner.

But that is for 4 aircraft and not 1. Look at the current price of 4 x F16, then add in the hourly flying cost, and in to the price the daily maintenance costs, the ability of the Gripen to use main roads and the F16 is 3 or 4 times as expensive to buy and run. In addition, the current clown in the White House may or may not not permit Thailand to buy them anyway. Currently the USA is an unreliable partner to do business with.

I am legally married with a Thai son and a legal visa extension. Think of all the money that I, and people like me have put into the Thai economy in the last 5 years whilst remaining legal.

That works for us.

Thank you. I must have missed that.