25 minutes ago, BestB said:

Yes like trucks that drive around with a sign 2 kg for 50 baht , 4 kg for 100 baht .

 

do not dare to ask how much for 3 kg

Or when you buy for 160 thb of stuff in Big C

you pay with 200 bahts and the cashier needs to check

3 times the screen to see how much she has to give back and count

4 times the money in her hand, just in case there will be three 20 bahts bank notes instead of two

14 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

i totally agree, finaly someone not being in the deny

 

the main thailand's attraction is the pu...y power

if it wasn't for his girls and women, the country will

be as attractive to live in than Sri Lanka or Kuwait

after all there are also a hot climate and beaches in both

 

Basically.  Always funny to hear people's responses about why they came to Thailand, trying to avoid answering "for the girls" as if it is the more politically correct answer that will somehow make them more respectable in the eyes of those asking.  Thailand is pooying, without it, plenty of better countries around with less hassle.

Isn't it amazing how we've been second class citizens for so long and now since everyone is broke they want our money?

 

If they want retirees they'll have to drop the 250K requirement for investment.

Where is the clear path to permanent residence and citizenship?

"$100,000 USD in insurance" shows how out of touch they are

With the necessary document resubmission every year this will go nowhere another lead balloon

(TAT) Looks like a crying emoji ????

The flashing dollar signs in these peoples eyes are blinding me. All they can see

is the money.  What a bunch of sad, greedy people

Geezer

1 minute ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

The flashing dollar signs in these peoples eyes are blinding me. All they can see

is the money. 

I know right? they had been clamping down and making life as hard as possible for tourists from about 2014 because they decided they had enough money to be picky but now their wallet is looking light they want them back ????

 

So transparent.

58 minutes ago, brucegoniners said:

Isn't it amazing how we've been second class citizens for so long and now since everyone is broke they want our money?

 

If they want retirees they'll have to drop the 250K requirement for investment.

You probably have been lucky to be a second class citizen

 

since i retired in Thailand 7 years ago at the age of 50 i have always been only an alien here, who was granted each year a new permission to stay in the kingdom for one year as long as i fullfilled all the conditions plus having to report myself every 90 days at the immigration office

 

On the other hand i am pretty happy to not be a Thai citizen

(first or second class) for sure i don't have any of the little rights linked to it but i also don't have any of the obligations, duties and restrictions going with this statute

 

10 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Always fun to read new TAT fantasies. 

 

You MUST admit that all of this has become funnier and funnier after they approved "medical" marijuana use.   

????

Exclude Chinese buyers as they ruin the market. If you are from Australia you should know all about this.

Before 2014, Thailand was already primed for success in an increasingly mobile world.

With no government intervention whatsoever, Chiang Mai had already established itself as the leading global hub for all sorts of remote workers, a category that, post-pandemic, is about to explode.

Thailand accidentally stumbled into this good fortune years before other countries would wake up, realise that "digital nomads" are the fastest growing form of tourism, and start actively trying to capture that market.

Thailad had a huge market and potential source of national pride, something that would finally eclipse their reputation as the world's brothel, right there in their hands. They just had to leave it alone.

Instead, fueled by nationalistic racism and fantastical ideas about where money comes from, the Junta has spent the past seven years methodically, one-by-one, shooting off its own toes.

Now, with the pandemic resetting tourism in every country, the junta are still clinging both to power and to their bizzare ideas about foreigners. Instead of performing emergeny surgery on all the bureacracy and making it as easy as possible for foreigners to spend money here, they are inventing entirely new hierarchies, barriers and hoops through which the millions of eager farangs must jump.

These corrupt, delusional morons need to go.

 

Wow! Such a wild and unrealistic pipe dream, I want some of the pot they're smokin' !!!

Just sad they did not even put a second of thought to all those (filthy, pesky, non showering) foreigners who have been living, working and supporting countless Thai families, while pumping all their hard earned money into this country for decades...

Sorry, forgot - you already have them in a tight stranglehold since they:
a) Have pumped all their cash into this system already and will continue to do so, because...

b) Most of them have raised a Thai/foreign family
c) Feel home here, even though most officials do their utmost to make them feel hated
d) Have been cheeky and inventive enough to somehow obtain a valid visa, even though most locals and officials hate even thinking about this... Damn - how can we close those "loopholes"???

Invest $ 250,000/500,000 in Thai government bonds ? OMG !

This seems like a good hedge in case some crazy stuff happens in a first world country.  The 50+ is so easy to qualify for why not.  Nowhere are there minimum residency requirements, just invest $250,000 in government bonds.  Easy.  Why not.  It doesn't even stipulate how long you need to hold them or where you need to buy them.  I will buy mine on the open market, get the visa and sell them.  Yeah, during that time there is a chance they will lose value or there will be a default, but oh well.

11 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Invest $ 250,000/500,000 in Thai government bonds ? OMG !

 

 

Not a big deal.  People, mutual funds, investment companies, traders buy Thai government bonds everyday.  Besides it doesn't say how long you need to hold them for so stop bitching.

4 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

All of my income is foreign and I have lived in CNX for years.  I have never been taxed on my foreign income while I have lived in Thailand. If  I had $250,000 USD in liquid assets at my disposable I would have never come to LOS.  For those who can spare that kind of money "better options are out there?".  However I do know someone who is pretty close to being a millionaire.  He told me his only reason for living in LOS is this:  Women and Girls.  Plentiful and easier to please than the western variety.  

 

WoW, a whole million.  If you told me that 50 years ago it might have meant something.  Now not so much.

1 minute ago, Showtime said:

 

 

Not a big deal.  People, mutual funds, investment companies, traders buy Thai government bonds everyday.  Besides it doesn't say how long you need to hold them for so stop bitching.

I am not bitching, only the fact that it,s mandatory makes me get the itch. Besides people who buy them are mainly Thai and mutual funds, investment companies and traders are not retirees. Doesn't say how long you need to hold them ? Knowing Thailand I am sure it will be for the entire period or you might sell them and buy new ones for the total amount. After you took your loss ?

1 minute ago, Albert Zweistein said:

I am not bitching, only the fact that it,s mandatory makes me get the itch. Besides people who buy them are mainly Thai and mutual funds, investment companies and traders are not retirees. Doesn't say how long you need to hold them ? Knowing Thailand I am sure it will be for the entire period or you might sell them and buy new ones for the total amount. After you took your loss ?

 

Who said anything about losses.  If a loss was guaranteed nobody would buy either new issues or existing bonds.  Retirees buy bonds and invest in mutual funds.  Holding the bonds for 10 years increases your risk, but doesn't mean you will lose money.  You could keep rolling over short term bonds or buy bonds near maturity and hold them until maturity and then buy new bonds. 

 

I haven't checked.  You may even be able to short Thai bonds at the same time thus your net position is zero, but of course you don't let the government know that.

 

There are many countries offering similar arrangements including 1st world countries.  If you don't like the mandatory part don't do it in any country where it is mandatory.  It is as simple as that.

7 hours ago, bimmerbob said:

Good point.

With all the increasing uncertainties in Thailand regards residential restrictions, property ownership, the immigration reporting, etc. why on earth would foreigners want to choose Thailand as a permanent home? Go holiday there by all means......

 

 

Nobody with any brain would by property in Thailand for 10 years.  The only way to go is to invest in the bonds.

11 hours ago, GlassWayOverHalfFull said:

Why not. I could live anywhere in the world and year round I'd choose here. If you don't like it just clear off. The only issue I have with Thailand is the whinging foreigners. 

If you don't like whinging foreigners, maybe you're in the wrong country.

29 minutes ago, Showtime said:

 

WoW, a whole million.  If you told me that 50 years ago it might have meant something.  Now not so much.

Ya I'm with you there. Today it's just chump change.

3 hours ago, Maha Sarakham said:

 

Basically.  Always funny to hear people's responses about why they came to Thailand, trying to avoid answering "for the girls" as if it is the more politically correct answer that will somehow make them more respectable in the eyes of those asking.  Thailand is pooying, without it, plenty of better countries around with less hassle.

Actually, that's the only reason why it may work. At least to some extent.

39 minutes ago, Showtime said:

 

Who said anything about losses.  If a loss was guaranteed nobody would buy either new issues or existing bonds.  Retirees buy bonds and invest in mutual funds.  Holding the bonds for 10 years increases your risk, but doesn't mean you will lose money.  You could keep rolling over short term bonds or buy bonds near maturity and hold them until maturity and then buy new bonds. 

 

I haven't checked.  You may even be able to short Thai bonds at the same time thus your net position is zero, but of course you don't let the government know that.

 

There are many countries offering similar arrangements including 1st world countries.  If you don't like the mandatory part don't do it in any country where it is mandatory.  It is as simple as that.

Of course I won't do it in any country where it's mandatory. It's my money and I decide what to do with it and not a government. I also don't think you are allowed to play with it as you mentioned above. Don't let the government know that ? The banks will have their instructions.

What will the Thai government do when some billionaires (in USD or EURO terms) buy up lots of land, and the Thais have to rent land in Thailand from foreigners or become subservient to foreigners?

 

 

10 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

What will the Thai government do when some billionaires (in USD or EURO terms) buy up lots of land, and the Thais have to rent land in Thailand from foreigners or become subservient to foreigners?

 

 

I suspect that there are no euro billionaires that would be silly enough to buy up land somewhere that they have no legal rights and the rules change everyday, the Chinese on the other hand seem to have bought up most of Vientiane and left it empty. They have also pretty much taken over in Cambodia through investment, so they would probably do the same in Thailand but the Thai's are already subservient to the Chinese so there will be not much difference ????

I don't even believe official policy announcements, why would I care what kind of proposals are being mooted in a meeting?  

4 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

i totally agree, finaly someone not being in denial

 

the main Thailand's attraction is the pu...y power

 

if it was not for his girls and women, the country will

be as attractive to live in than Sri Lanka or Kuwait

where there are also a hot climate and beaches 

Lots of places that are tropical, lovely beaches, and gorgeous women. Try Costa Rica, Columbia, Argentina, Brazil, most Central American countries and South American countries. It is just a matter of $$ to attract the women. Spanish and Portuguese is a lot easier to learn than Thai for most westerners.

 

 

35 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

Lots of places that are tropical, lovely beaches, and gorgeous women. Try Costa Rica, Columbia, Argentina, Brazil, most Central American countries and South American countries. It is just a matter of $$ to attract the women. Spanish and Portuguese is a lot easier to learn than Thai for most westerners.

 

 

Exactly if you were a billionaire would you want your super yacht:

 

A. Docked in Pattaya being serviced by somchai? while you get serviced by some somtam breathed wench? while they local thugs try and shake you down.

 

or

 

B. Would you rather be docked in Monaco, having your super yacht serviced by the professionals, while you get serviced by super models from all over the world, all whilst avoiding tax?

 

For me personally it would be a no brainer ???? I think the billionaires would feel the same, people don't get super rich by being stupid do they?

 

Thailand needs to realise it's position and get in it's lane and cater to the people that want to visit/ live in Thailand, instead of trying to lure in these elusive billionaires that only exist in TAT's head.

 

No billionaire will put his time, or money into such an unstable environment, where the rules change everyday, the government official's describe their race as smelly, and they have no legal rights to protect themselves or their assets.

 

Wake up TAT! Get your head out of the clouds and serve your customer base.

 

 

13 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Indeed the land of smiles... everyday something unbelievable

 

The land of hilarious laughter ... from those they are trying to attract.

 

 

Yawn........  its the  same old dribble or drivel news that I've become accustomed to in the U.K......