15 hours ago, time2093 said:

LOl....... I live in Issan and can assure you that even land owners here are struggling to live these days beyond any hi so living in a high rise in Bangkok......Don't think it was the old General Prayut who introduced Thailand's poor to the 30 bht universal medical scheme was it.

Poor people have nothing! If one is a Landowner, they have assets that can be sold. We are talking mainly of those who are only "cash poor".

3 hours ago, ketherin said:

Captain Tom Moore has now raised £21,447,456!! 

Unbelievable what a character, there's now people in the UK calling on him to be knighted, and quite rightly so

If he gets knighted, I hope he has the good grace to do a David Bowie and refuse it. The UK has enough Branson type capitalist "Sirs" without a decent man like this joining them.

All it shows is... a Government who are not a Government and don't have a clue what to do!!

15 hours ago, BeltAndRoad said:

They have to counter Australia's order of useless submarines.

Ha ha.... the only difference is that the French ( Aus ) ones are scared to submerge and the Chinese ones will be staying on the bottom......  I don't know who's dafter ..... If you want a submarine you either talk to the British or the Germans....... Plenty of practice..... 

3 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said:

You make a valid point, and I would add something pretty obvious but equally as important, that weakening the Baht would make these big-ticket items even more eye-wateringly expensive.

 

Rock and a hard place now for Thailand, and with no more tourism income, something will have to give.

It won't be the Bigwigs income stream, that's for sure.

...help...to locate the whereabouts of one of their lawless, reckless, man-slaughtering, cowardly grandsons!

1 minute ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Ha ha.... the only difference is that the French ( Aus ) ones are scared to submerge and the Chinese ones will be staying on the bottom......  I don't know who's dafter ..... If you want a submarine you either talk to the British or the Germans....... Plenty of practice..... 

Yes true. I never really saw the value in subs anyway, not for the money and headaches they cost.

9 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

Poor people have nothing! If one is a Landowner, they have assets that can be sold. We are talking mainly of those who are only "cash poor".

Correct, those so called poor Isaan people with half a dozen rai and the knowledge to grow crops and butcher livestock are starting to look alot wealthier to your average city dweller.

16 hours ago, smedly said:

lets review the last week or so on the topic of Government funds

 

- we had the announcement of money for people facing hardship and it grossly underestimated how many people would be applying by millions

 

- next we had millions rejected and protests followed

 

- next under pressure from protests they agreed to pay out most of the applicants 

 

- then we had Prayuth stating that the country could not afford the pay and they could only afford one pay out for one month

 

- on the same day they announced a suddenly that the lockdowns were going to finish end of April (in other words they are looking to avoid prolonged handouts

 

Now the Thai government are begging for donations from the 20 richest people in Thailand ?????

 

I don't know what anyone else concludes from this but I for one get the impression Thailand has no money - at least nothing near what they claim to have.

 

As I have said already several times - they think ending the lockdown is somehow going to relieve any financial pressure - well it won't, the millions they cannot afford to pay 5k a month are not going back to work any time soon lockdown or not

 

Thailand is going to have to step up to support these people and support the businesses that are in dire straights or have already gone to the wall.

 

and if they think that ending the lockdown is going to see a flood of tourists to come to the rescue - they are deluded, the smelly dirty farangs will not be back here for at least 12 months ...................if ever after the disgusting comments from a certain Deputy Prime Minister, an outburst at western tourists and also other constant racist comments directed toward westerners 

You forgot the bit where Ptayut 'Apologised' for the 'Terrible Misunderstanding' of what he said.  Truth is; he doesn't know what he has said or hasn't said or what he will or won't do anymore, he's screwed, and this is what happens when Soldiers put on suits and pretend to be Politicians !

Come back Red Bull man; all is forgiven. Just be generous to the poor Thais.

Come back Thaksin; all is forgiven. Just be generous to the poor Thais.

Come back Yinluck: all is forgiven. Just be generous to the poor Thais.

 

"If we can pull this off Little Toad; you'll be able to keep your watches."

Governments can borrow money pretty easily if they are deemed good to pay it back,  Bond markets ,IMF . This is the PM in his pre fake election days  who spent a Trillion baht  , yes around 1 trillion baht before the fake election, and all there was to show for it was order on the streets .

 Before the virus we were told how the underlying strength of economy in Thailand was strong.  All lies?

Begging for help from private enterprise with a reported 2700 confirmed cases, the lowest per capita in most of the world suggests that there's a much bigger problem than Prayut is admitting. 

3 hours ago, smudger1951 said:

Prayut is right to ask these mega rich people to chip in and help. Ministers have done the same here in the UK.

nonsense. No such request in UK 

Really? So there's nothing in the government's coffers?

I doubt they will even open the letters, such is the arrogance displayed by these monied families in previous “ situations “ that we are all familiar with. TIT

17 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Thaksin is back so maybe he can hit him up for a few baht!  ????

Amazing,

further evidence that the government does not have a clue!!'!!!!!!

I thought LOS had a lot of cash making money abroad to use....????

The government here must be related to my ex. Thai wife, she is always pleading poverty with me, whilst going out and buying useless expensive stuff!

When you are unable to manage a country because you are just a general, you step aside and give your PM job to someone who can manage a country, who may first charge the taxes to the approximately two thousand Thais who exported capitals without authorization (Panama papers)

 

1 hour ago, trainman34014 said:

You forgot the bit where Ptayut 'Apologised' for the 'Terrible Misunderstanding' of what he said.  Truth is; he doesn't know what he has said or hasn't said or what he will or won't do anymore, he's screwed, and this is what happens when Soldiers put on suits and pretend to be Politicians !

 

You're being far too generous....he is not a soldier. He's a thug, a bully, and a liar who has a nearly endless collection of fancy military disguises....and likes to play 'dress up'. He is what happens when thieves put on uniforms and pretend to be soldiers.

 

 

Those 20 richest people also scratching their head how to recover their loss.

18 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Who are the other 19 ?

Other members of his criminal, corrupt clan! 

18 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Thaksin is back so maybe he can hit him up for a few baht!  ????

I could never get a handle on who the good or the bad guys were in all that, but if he or his sister were "good guys" chances are they've already been helping behind the scenes anonymously. That's what I would do if I were them. I have helped out some needy local folks myself, I gave an out of work musician friend a couple thousand baht when he asked, and give 20 - 100 baht to each street beggar I pass. But if I were the Shinowatras and wanted to build good samaritan capital or somehow prove my political adversaries wrong about me then I would let it be known. It would be interesting to know what they are actually doing. I don't claim to know anything about it, but I'm inclined to think they are or will be involved eventually. This is too big a humanitarian crisis to be totally heartless and be uninvolved. 

18 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Give him a break mate, he just spent a fortune on Thaksin Hand Sanitizer for the Isaan natives.. 

Is this true?

14 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

I could never get a handle on who the good or the bad guys were in all that

Its quite easy  the "good guys"  get elected to power in free and fair elections  (not once but twice)

the "bad guys"  seize power at the end of a gun.

I always liked that hashtag #crapgovernment.

 

And what will the 20 richest Thais want in return? Hmmm!

There is always the CCP! They are itching to be loved.....

1 hour ago, johng said:

Its quite easy  the "good guys"  get elected to power in free and fair elections  (not once but twice)

the "bad guys"  seize power at the end of a gun.

 

Not quite that simple. Getting elected and being thoroughly immoral, corrupt and connected to some very disturbing events, not once but regularly, doesn't make anyone "good guys".

 

 

Spend a bit less on tanks, submarines and the like. Serve the people and protect them instead. I won't hold my breath !