mommysboy

QE would be a better option imo. 

I thought people didn't die of the asthma attack but rather an underlying health condition they also might have, such as pulmonary disease.  Asthma must be truly frightening.  RIP.

No money. No insurance. Not sure he'll be able to travel back either without special considerations which will cost.

Wages are low, thus, people can't afford to take the jobs.

2 hours ago, john donson said:

and in the meantime the land department is blocking an owner that wants to sell, to allow me a usufruct so my GF could buy the house and current owner could pay back the 3 million they owe the bank...

I think you, or the current owner, but most likely you will have to assume/ pay the debt before sale can go ahead.

3 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

I lived in Bangkok for over 14 years and have lots of mates and acquaintances who exercise regularly outside. Not one of them has ever mentioned to me their concern over air quality in Bangkok.

 

 

I expect their vocal chords are shot!

Cooking the books.

Could encourage sellers to lower the price by 10 baht.

It's as bad as I've ever known it and I've been here 20 years.  Millions of ordinary people are just not making enough money to pay the bills, so domestic spending will be a real drag on the economy.  Add to that low tourist numbers and poor exports....

I'm sure another season of insane crop burning will create a late surge!

Emigrating! Dire economy and air pollution season coming.

The answer is very simple isn't it?

As a Brit, I've previously thought that the Philippines is likely the best destination as a plan B, simply because of the yearly pension uprate.  But I somehow don't think it will come to that, will it now!  Expats from the USA, where there is a reciprocal tax agreement, shouldn't even be concerned with this story anyway.

29 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Sounds like a statement made by somebody that really has no idea about pol;otics

Its like this

Increase minimum wage and Inflation will increase

Costs of Exports will rise in an already under the cosh sector due to being uncompetitive

Not doing very well so far

It's like this: poor people can barely survive! 

Pity dentistry can't be less painful for some.  That and the prices mean people won't go even if they really need to. It's not really about accessibility.  Flogging a dead horse otherwise-  about pain and money innit!

43 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

My 7 year old takes 30 baht to school each day, what she does not spend she puts in the piggy bank, we got 600 baht this month on recyclables - she knows she get 25% of it and put it in the piggy bank. any money she gets from friends and relatives goes in the piggy bank.  We have taught her to understand money and save for schooling and housing - and she totally understands at 7. Seems like my 7 year old daughter is smarter financially at planning that 95% of the Thai nation

That's really good.  What I would say though is that you and she are in a position where you can save. Not decrying you or your daughter's achievements, but you likely come from a slightly better background than the majority.  Thailand is a low wage economy without much of a social welfare net.  UK and USA are veering that way too imo.

13 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

if youre referring to me, then correct as im stating my opinion as you see the "imo"..

 

isnt that what a forum is? a discussion about ones experiences?....all shapes and sizes....

 

say hello to mommy for me..she need to get in the basement to do laundry...

'say hello to mommy for me..she need to get in the basement to do laundry...'

Will do!  Trouble is she's curled up in a chair with terminal cancer and Alzheimers.

4 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Debt is slavery   I live beneath my means aka income...never had debt and is a personal choice

 

If I dont have the cash available i simply take a pass.....thais seem unable to do this as Ive seen plenty of poor people that seem quite content...basic human needs are attainable here imo....

 

i eat street food --live in a simple studio--all of my possessions are 2nd hand and as is my 28 yr old honda dream i just drove to the laos border without any issues....built to last...simple living

 

 

The whole world is not a single old guy with life experience.

Worse to come for Pita. Next up could be a ban from politics and even jail time.  Likely though, he'll be enjoying a very extended stay in Dubai.  Not to worry, I can think of one person who can get him set up there.

4 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Facebook posts! Social media - that's publishing media, no? There's no end to this utter tomfoolery. Wasting the court's time, but I guess they have nothing better to do. I can't understand the legal procedure here. Surely Pita's lawyers should have had an opportunity to petition the court for "No case to answer" or some such before it was kicked upstairs? Something radically wrong with the legal process.

Methinks, the biggest misconception is view this as an issue centered around governmental politics, and to perhaps believe that democracy is regarded as supreme- it certainly isn't in the real corridors of power, and for that matter the average Somchai isn't so bothered either.  On the latter, yes, Thais would rather like democracy but not if upholding it requires effort.  MF will have to get more than a few hundred waving placards - a million or two more like. Snow will fall, as the Thais say. 

1 hour ago, h90 said:

As bad as the senator construct is, that is not one block, that are individual people with different ideas. And I am sure they are mostly well meaning, but very conservative. Some things MF said was very anti monarchy....that makes many people upset in Thailand.

Some economic ideas are between nonsense and damaging socialism.....That all doesn't make friends with the conservative senate

 

That senate is basically hand picked by the powers that be.  It should not be a political choice- they have not been elected and arguably do not represent the people, but rather an already very powerful establishment.  

A sensible strategy would be to limit consumption to no more than 2 thimblefuls a day, perhaps 3 on an exceptionally hot day, after all one wouldn't want to be considered draconian.

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

At first i was very positive about these things... selfishly thinking I would not have to endure the exhaust stink from some selfish smokers again. But now I am reading people get addicted and have a lot of lung problems from them.

Lung problems are rare and mostly confined to 'repurposing', ie, spiking them with THC- cannabis oil. Very occasionally there is a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, usually in someone already predisposed.  Go to UK NHS website for real information, not the made up stuff you see in trash tabloids.

When you look at it through lenses untainted by western philosophy, you are bound to reach the conclusion that no way will Pita become the next PM.  Perhaps the first mistake is to assume that democracy carries any real weight in this land; it really doesn't. The powers that be carry huge sway in this country- like it or lump it that the way it is- in boardrooms, institutions, courts, everywhere in fact. Still, this is Thailand. I rather suspect this will be played out on the streets.