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Thai people ‘must work towards a welfare state’

webfact
webfact
in Thailand News - Discussion

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16 hours ago, KMartinHandyman said:

Honestly I thought it already was a welfare state.

 

Maybe my thinking on this is similar to yours.  The Thai inability/unwillingness to fire people for incompetence/malfeasance coupled with the penchant for over-hiring in many areas (e.g. go to a Mega Home or similar sometime and count how many workers are idle/glued to smartphone) does create a situation with some similarities to a traditional (i.e. tax-supported, government-administered) welfare state.  Also keeps unemployment figures artificially low, imho.  

 

Nothing your average unskilled/immigrant laborer at the bottom of the heap seems to benefit from, though.

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  • Eligius
    Eligius

    Makes me laugh the way this guy is called 'a thinker': it suggests that being 'a thinker' is so very, very rare in Thailand!

  • seajae
    seajae

    problem is welfare is paid for by using taxes, unfortunately in Thailand many dont pay tax, it is a cash society. This takes a lot of money out of govt coffers making it even harder to actually start

  • kannot
    kannot

    if  the  amount  of  money  Thais  threw  at  the temples  went into  healthcare  instead  theyd  all  live  longer

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