PM pushes for cost of living to be reduced

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has asked his economics team to instigate tax measures and cut daily living costs for most groups. The Minister of Finance has declined to speculate on whether or not parameters for Rao Chana will be changed.

 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha posted to his personal Facebook page, saying he has discussed tax measures and cuts to daily living costs for different groups and businesses. Approaches considered include changes to taxation of property and buildings, and residential structure registration, as well as an extension to income tax filing. Suggested courses of action are to be proposed to Cabinet next week.

 

The PM asked for confidence among the public that the government is looking into all possible ways to provide aid, elaborating that there are plans to both reduce costs and increase income. He pointed out that the Rao Chana and co-pay schemes have been achieving positive results, before wishing good health to the people and the nation.

 

Following the premier’s discussion with the economic team, Minister of Finance Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, met with the media but declined to discuss whether or not parameters for the Rao Chana program, which provides 3,500 baht in aid over the course of two months to citizens, will be changed, in particular if distribution will be changed to cash payments from electronic transfers. He remarked only that Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow had already made a statement on the matter.

 

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4 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The PM asked for confidence among the public that the government is looking into all possible ways to provide aid

Use some of the Foreign Reserve money, stop the big expenditure projects that are lining your pockets, and return true happiness to the people by giving them money to live their lives daily instead of just meal to meal.  Families do have housing expenditures outside of just food.  Yes they need food, but if they become homeless then how exactly did you help your people PM Chan Ocha.

8 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The PM asked for confidence among the public that the government is looking into all possible ways to provide aid

 

wait till you see how this turns out. 

38 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The Prime Minister has asked his economics team to instigate tax measures

Ah, the unemployed don't pay tax, they just want food for themselves and their families! But that would be totally beyond the PM's comprehension, the trough remains healthy!

Give him a break lads...the PM`s doing his best 

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Use some of the Foreign Reserve money, stop the big expenditure projects that are lining your pockets, and return true happiness to the people by giving them money to live their lives daily instead of just meal to meal.  Families do have housing expenditures outside of just food.  Yes they need food, but if they become homeless then how exactly did you help your people PM Chan Ocha.

IMHO he has helped so many Thai people to the maximum extent  of his ability. This is not saying much, but it is an indicator of his ability, and is a good reason to quit and take all his government and vastly overpaid senators with him.

He has had a rummage in his pockets but only produced some fluff next up the the the back of the sofa to help those who got nothing ????

thats not how markets work LOL 

Reduce costs of living?? Give the people a job .. there is a lot of work to do in the whole country.. Clean the banks of the rivers, repair traffic lights,  collect the rubbish everywhere, start with the electricity cables in the ground and so on... Income will have much better effect than reduce costs of living 

The rife corruption is like an invisible tax that seems to permeate everything bought sold whatever here. What percentage goes to graft and kickbacks? 5%? 10%? .. besides leaving little that goes to actual presumed usage. Dept of Education a prime example. Trickle down model if ever was one

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

He pointed out that the Rao Chana and co-pay schemes have been achieving positive results,

 

So positive that they're full 10 minutes after opening registration. If folks are so desperate to sign up for something on time in Thailand, then you know there's a very deep rooted problem.

49 minutes ago, Emdog said:

The rife corruption is like an invisible tax that seems to permeate everything bought sold whatever here. What percentage goes to graft and kickbacks? 5%? 10%? .. besides leaving little that goes to actual presumed usage. Dept of Education a prime example. Trickle down model if ever was one

Would love to see who takes the first step in putting ugly cables underground the city looks outdated.

8 minutes ago, Thecritic said:

Would love to see who takes the first step in putting ugly cables underground the city looks outdated.

 

They started a program for that a year or so ago. It lasted about two or three months.

Want to cut the cost of living? Start by requesting those people at the top of the heap that own convenience stores/trade warehouses/pork producers etc to reduce the price of their products to pre COVID days.

Can we start with import taxes on food we expats like.

Fed up with this t**t always telling people to do this and that ( have confidence, be happy etc) while he sits around doing nothing, apart from reneging on all his promises of 7 years ago.

But then snouts in the trough is too much to give up.

Sure this has to do with the World Bank report 2 days ago  indicated that 1.5m people in Thailand are bordering the poverty line after Covid-19 hit. story here: 1.5 million Thais approaching poverty line

 

If managing tax cuts for daily living cost is an answer to that, it proves how disconnected he is to the poor people of Thailand. Sad.

PM Prayuth has never had to earn his living, and he does not do so now.  He has no economics training or knowledge. 

So long as the army and his backers get their money, they are happy and so is Prayuth.

So what hope for Thailand?

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Use some of the Foreign Reserve money, stop the big expenditure projects that are lining your pockets, and return true happiness to the people by giving them money to live their lives daily instead of just meal to meal.  Families do have housing expenditures outside of just food.  Yes they need food, but if they become homeless then how exactly did you help your people PM Chan Ocha.

They don't need submarines and rockets to the moon.

They need a government that delivers on it's promises.

Let them have one of those con- fabs they love to shout about where somchai or somying

can put in their 2  Bahts word without the elite demeaning it.

BTW I have NO empathy with the self proclaimed elite.

 

 

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

PM pushes for cost of living to be reduced

Everything in my area seems to be creeping up in price?

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

PM pushes for cost of living to be reduced

he's joking, right?  ????????????

What about giving cost of living pay increases at least to government workers every year as I have friends that have not had a increase in pay in 10 years. Hopefully the public sector will follow. 

6 hours ago, Emdog said:

The rife corruption is like an invisible tax that seems to permeate everything bought sold whatever here. What percentage goes to graft and kickbacks? 5%? 10%? .. besides leaving little that goes to actual presumed usage. Dept of Education a prime example. Trickle down model if ever was one

Try looking at 30% or more.

 

There was an accident yesterday at Nakhon Ratchasima where 1 Thai and 9 working aliens were injured whilst building a flyover. They were pouring concrete when the scaffolding collapsed. Somebody must have taken more than 30% as usually things manage to get built before they need repairing.

 

It was in the Bangkok Post

Khmertimes

DailyAdvent

ethainews

and even in the Nation.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401696?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

quote from the Nation "Investigation into the cause of the accident revealed that the scaffoldings were old, and they collapsed as they could not bear the weight of cement."

 

 

There are so many things that could be done.

 

put a freeze on migrant construction workers 

institute a training plan for Thais that actually teaches them a trade

cost of living allowances for government employees and police

immediately fire any corrupt

I would like to see any tax on food stopped. There is no real competition for food prices the supermarkets seem to get together to arrange pricing. Looking at what is charged they must be making huge profits. Wages, fuel costs here are much cheaper than Europe but many things are more expensive and not just imported goods. Picked a jar of Tesco's own brand pasta sauce it was double what you would pay in the UK I thought that will be tax and shipments cost making it more expensive, then noticed it was made in Thailand. How can the price be justified. Many more examples on the shelves.

This sounds like a 'Free beer tomorrow' campaign.

Is there an election due?

Stop spending/wasting tax payers money on toys for the boys, stop handing out money to one of the richest men in the world, stop corruption of your cronies, stop handing out money to NOB, and TAT, stop all those useless committees, stop flaunting yours and others huge wealth,  Just STOP.

and just what does this unelected "PM" plan to do? The same as the findings he was supposed to look into about the corruption involved in getting the illegal Burmese workers in to Thailand without being quarantined and spreading a new wave of covid19  over the country.

On 1/24/2021 at 10:03 AM, mr mr said:

 

wait till you see how this turns out. 

I think we all know already, apart from a deluded few.

23 hours ago, petermik said:

Give him a break lads...the PM`s doing his best 

Yes we know, doing his best at lining the pockets of himself and his soldiers.