Populist policies dominate election campaigning

 

Representatives of five political parties taking part in an election debate organized by Thai PBS Wednesday night on the issue of state welfare.

 

Populist polices in one form or another seem to be dominating the debate for the upcoming general election. And a welfare state appears to be most common catchword.

 

Representatives of five political parties taking part in an election debate organized by Thai PBS on Wednesday night offered their own versions of welfare state, hoping they would strike a right chord with voters.

 

Though they do not totally reject the much-publicized welfare card scheme of the current government to give the poor access to basic necessities, they want it to be revamped to make it more universal and more effective.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/populist-policies-dominate-election-campaigning/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-03-08

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Populist polices in one form or another seem to be dominating the debate for the upcoming general election. And a welfare state appears to be most common catchword.

As we've seen before so many times... promise the earth & pay-back in dirt 5555

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

As we've seen before so many times... promise the earth & pay-back in dirt 5555

 

Indeed!

 

Promise everyone they'll all be millionaires in 6 months! Oh wait............. that was used before ????

Of course they do. The voters can't be arsed to think about any real issues, just "how much am I going to get".

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Representatives of five political parties taking part in an election debate organized by Thai PBS on Wednesday night

Seem to be lacking the one that matters though

So what exactly is a populist policy? And are there any politicians who don't offer populist policies?