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I'm being sarcastic.

RTN Admirals reply: Why spend money on infrastructure development when we have an urgent need for Chinese submarines?

Similar to Biden cancelling student debt, even after US Supreme Court said he could not.

Quote: "...raising concerns about the government's fiscal discipline." What fiscal discipline? What about that unnecessary Chinese submarine?

Ref today's AN link to the closure of a prominent Amata City factory, I had the following comment about infrastructure projects: "It is such continuing Thai economic developments such as this factory closure that highlight the stupidity & military arrogance of using limited budgets to purchase Chinese submarines. Any infrastructure development, even if wasteful, would serve Thai working people better than Chinese submarines."

It is such continuing Thai economic developments such as this that highlight the stupidity & military arrogance of using limited budgets to purchase Chinese submarines. Any infrastructure development, even if wasteful, would serve Thai working people better than Chinese submarines.

Agree. Thailand: "Feudal Patronage Society Masquerading as a Constitutional Monarchy".

Thailand's economy is in the crapper and this kind of decision-making ref priority spending is one of the reasons.

1000 meters

Appreciate the apology. FYI, if not already aware, at the drive thru window you don't even have to get out of the car, & if you show them the TM95 they should be able to tell you if they will honor it in future when yours is due. Thanks again for the apology

Jerk weed?? Thanks. My TM95 is not due yet, but when the time approaches I will go to CM Immigration to ask If someone else hasn't already reported. It would have been just as easy for you to go to CM Immigration & ask as it was for you to go to Star Visa. Do your homework if you are in such deadly fear. I'm willing to bet that you were the first TM95 customer for Star Visa because CM Immigration is not giving folks a TM95 problem. Thanks again for calling me Jerk weed. What a personality.

Just go to CM Immigration and ask.

I am not aware that Chiang Mai Immigration may have refused to process the TM95 report. Am I missing something?

Looks like a good fit. Just don't be tempted by any PRC/CCP loss leader "Faustian Bargains".

"Sandy Liw, General Manager of InterContinental Khao Yai Resort, underscored the need for infrastructure improvements, especially in lesser-known areas." Never mind that, the admirals demand money for submarines.

Some articles for perspective: 13Jun2024 Sleepwalking Toward War: Will America and China Heed the Warnings of Twentieth-Century Catastrophe? (foreignaffairs.com) “China’s industries cannot keep growing unrestricted at the expense of everyone else. The smartest move China could make on trade is to agree to regulate its exports in such a way that they do not make it impossible for other countries’ domestic industries to compete in important areas such as electric vehicles or solar panels and other equipment necessary for decarbonization.” “If China continues to flood other markets with its cheap versions of these products, a lot of countries, including some that have not been overly concerned by China’s growth, will begin to unilaterally restrict market access to Chinese goods.” “Unrestricted trade wars are not in anyone’s interest. Countries are increasingly imposing higher tariffs on imports and limiting trade and the movement of capital. But if this trend turns into a deluge of tariffs, then the world is in trouble, in economic as well as political terms.” 09May2024 Trump Is Right: We Should Raise Tariffs on China - The American Conservative US let China manufacture everything in order to get less expensive goods. Inexpensive products the PRC subsidized, to quote Rubio ...."with handouts, tax breaks, financing incentives, stolen intellectual property, and even slave labor." 08May2024 Embracing Communist China Was U.S.’ Greatest Strategic Failure | RealClearPolitics

Wake up Thailand. The CCP does not have underlying good intentions. If PRC demolishes Thai economy with dumping over production, the CCP is not concerned.

Just cross the border illegally.

Isn't the park at the inner SW corner of the moat?

Thai hierarchy digging a deeper & deeper hole for themselves by not understanding that the CCP does not have underlying good intentions. That is one reason buying a CCP submarine is absolutely ridiculous. But, back to the economy, following are a couple of interesting articles ref the US: Trump Is Right: We Should Raise Tariffs on China - The American Conservative US let China manufacture everything in order to get less expensive goods. Inexpensive products the PRC subsidized, to quote Rubio ...."with handouts, tax breaks, financing incentives, stolen intellectual property, and even slave labor." Embracing Communist China Was U.S.’ Greatest Strategic Failure | RealClearPolitics

How could I have made such a hasty & sloppy substitution of the wrong word "Democracy" when I meant to type "Monarchy"? Following is what I meant to write: "Thailand is a "Feudal patronage Society Masquerading as a Constitutional Monarchy"

Prior post in US media: Trump Is Right: We Should Raise Tariffs on China - The American Conservative US let China manufacture everything in order to get less expensive goods. Inexpensive products the PRC subsidized, to quote Rubio ...."with handouts, tax breaks, financing incentives, stolen intellectual property, and even slave labor."

erhaps they want to sell the Chakri Narubet (aircraft carrier(

Agree. Thailand is a "Feudal patronage Society Masquerading as a Constitutional Democracy"

I'm a bit surprised The Dems & the GOP haven't yet openly picked an opposing side to make it a political issue (e.g., empathetic vs cruel heart, or oppressed vs oppressor). Seems like most other issues have to be political (e.g., mask vs unmask, close schools vs keep them open (same for border)).