The working class are effectively living in poverty, let's be honest. Few of them earn more than 15,000 baht per month, and most earn only around10-12,000. A basic room costs 6,000 per month. That leaves a pittance for trasnport, food, medicines, school, etc. The real problem, as stated in the analysis story, is the wealth and supply chains are controlled by just a handful of super rich Thai families. They usually have larger circles that they distribute money to (guanxi). And part of that somehow trickles down to the so-called middle class. They, in turn, open little restaurants or coffee shops that often disappear 6 months later due to a lack of business. Given the oligarch families appear to have no desire to change the system, and always manage to get the governments they want, I don't see any relief coming anytime soon - in fact it will probably get worse - a downward spiral for the masses.
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