By Panithan Onthaworn

 

Up to 1.5 million Thais fell below the poverty line in 2020 with the country’s economy contracting from effects of the pandemic, the World Bank said Thursday, emphasizing the importance of continued support for the poor.

 

The newly released figures shows that over 5 million people nationwide now live below the poverty line of USD $5.50 per day.

 

“As a result of the pandemic, hours worked fell sharply and people resorted to agricultural employment as a safety net,” stated the World Bank in its latest report.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/29912/1-5-million-more-thais-fell-into-poverty-in-2020-over-5-million-now-living-under-the-poverty-line/

 

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No jobs for the Spacecraft proyect to the moon ? ????

 

Poor people paying the consequences of these brilliant pearls of politics.

Edited July 15, 20214 yr by Tarteso

Not hard to see this coming with the decimation of tourism, which they claimed was only a small percent of the GDP.  What they forgot was how far those tourist dollars actually spread as they were spent by the tourists.  Then add the shuttering of businesses, and then entire factories being stifled while they fought clusters inside.  Add in the now higher costs of exports and then inflation, which is here, but not discussed, and then they wonder why the debt is so high and suicides at an all time high.  There are more private citizens handing out food and help to those in need then this government, a sad reality and one I do not see ending for some time.  Sure I am being negative here, but when you can see it clear as day, how can one find a positive in this, Oh the sandbox has been a success, NOT>

finally a subject that really matters. amidst all the covid piffle.

add then a further 1.5 million during 2021 so far, and counting.......

wealth distribution here is also officially the worst in the world, which takes some doing, with 1% owning 70% wealth. bangkok land value alone totalling over USD 80 billion is held by a certain institution..... a national disgrace.... those funds alone could permanently eradicate all poverty here and improve infrastucture and institutions no end.......

But but but, this can't be, the PM said he would forgo 3 months of his salary, then some of his cabinet ministers said they would do the same.

 

This is misinformation, there is no poverty, their 3 months worth of salaries combined should feed these people for years to come.

 

Propaganda, that's what this is propaganda, I tell you ! 

 

 

Edited July 16, 20214 yr by 4MyEgo

Bringing happiness to the people Mr PM ?

The crazy thing is you watch these guys that earn $5 a day, and at the end of the day they go buy a beer for 90 baht

3 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

The crazy thing is you watch these guys that earn $5 a day, and at the end of the day they go buy a beer for 90 baht

So you stand around all day watching them do you ? seems a sad life you lead

1 minute ago, Excel said:

So you stand around all day watching them do you ? seems a sad life you lead

He must be the boss that hands out the money begrudgingly daily.

in 2019 there were 3mln workers on 30k per year and 10mln on 100k per year.

That is poverty line and that's why they were included in this statistics.

 

12 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

The crazy thing is you watch these guys that earn $5 a day, and at the end of the day they go buy a beer for 90 baht

Not sure what else there is to do with $5. And more likely to be a shared bottle of Lao Khao. In Philippines you can see it everyday, in the supermarkets at 5pm, people shopping on their way home from work. 150 PHP per day. A tin of sardines, whatever else keeps body and soul together. Duterte's murderous attacks on these people for daring to admit defeat and take to a pipe of meff, just showed what a total fxxx he is. It hasn't got that bad here yet - or has it? 

6 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Not sure what else there is to do with $5. And more likely to be a shared bottle of Lao Khao. In Philippines you can see it everyday, in the supermarkets at 5pm, people shopping on their way home from work. 150 PHP per day. A tin of sardines, whatever else keeps body and soul together. Duterte's murderous attacks on these people for daring to admit defeat and take to a pipe of meff, just showed what a total fxxx he is. It hasn't got that bad here yet - or has it? 

Saving $5 for a year is $1800

Saving after their daily Leo is $730

 

im not sure what anyone is on about

 

24 minutes ago, Excel said:

So you stand around all day watching them do you ? seems a sad life you lead

Nice statement

13 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

Saving $5 for a year is $1800

Saving after their daily Leo is $730

 

im not sure what anyone is on about

 

How do you save $5 if it's all you've got to live on?

Just now, bradiston said:

How do you save $5 if it's all you've got to live on?

Maybe the wife works.
 

This isn’t that difficult. Thread is about large number of Thais under poverty line. I simply suggest a way to help, and someone says “what else do they have to spend their money on other than beer” lol In the running for post of the year and humanitarian award.

7 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

Maybe the wife works.
 

This isn’t that difficult. Thread is about large number of Thais under poverty line. I simply suggest a way to help, and someone says “what else do they have to spend their money on other than beer” lol In the running for post of the year and humanitarian award.

A way to help? What, "maybe the wife works"? "Why don't they put it in the bank?" "Hey, they could cut out the Leo". And who's suggesting they have nothing else to spend their ($5) a day on but a bottle of Leo? You could try it yourself. $5 a day. Report back in a year's time, if you're still alive, and have an internet connection. That'll cost you!

Edited July 16, 20214 yr by bradiston

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

A way to help? What, "maybe the wife works"? "Why don't they put it in the bank?" "Hey, they could cut out the Leo". And who's suggesting they have nothing else to spend their ($5) a day on but a bottle of Leo? You could try it yourself. $5 a day. Report back in a year's time, if you're still alive, and have an internet connection. That'll cost you!

You need to actually make a point or some kind of logical sense in conversation. That post does not make the cut. 

2 hours ago, utalkin2me said:

The crazy thing is you watch these guys that earn $5 a day, and at the end of the day they go buy a beer for 90 baht

The minimum daily wage in Thailand is 330 Baht , which is 11$ , although mnay people would work for that , they would want closer to 500 Baht for a days work . 

   Buying a 50 Baht beer at the end of the day  is 10 % of their wages . 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The newly released figures shows that over 5 million people nationwide now live below the poverty line of USD $5.50 per day.

They can achieve that just by counting the migrant labour...

add in the low earning Thais you could say 10M are on the breadline.

 

No sympathy for the Sammers (Go Go Wh&&&) from Pattaya and BKK who are now below the poverty line...Karma is here.

 

Next time treat your customers the same way you want to be treated.

I blame the hellbent desire to import SinoVac, instead of western vaccines.  Things would have been better.

25 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The minimum daily wage in Thailand is 330 Baht , which is 11$ , although mnay people would work for that , they would want closer to 500 Baht for a days work . 

   Buying a 50 Baht beer at the end of the day  is 10 % of their wages . 

There are many Thais who make less than 330 baht a day. Did you read the headline?

Edited July 16, 20214 yr by utalkin2me

1 minute ago, utalkin2me said:

There are many Thais who make less than 330 baht a day. 

Do you have some evidence of that ?

Just now, Mac Mickmanus said:

Do you have some evidence of that ?

You could try actually reading the original article before you make an ass out of yourself, 

2 hours ago, utalkin2me said:

The crazy thing is you watch these guys that earn $5 a day, and at the end of the day they go buy a beer for 90 baht

A Good way to put attention on this article and to feel for the poor. Thank you

3 minutes ago, bestie said:

A Good way to put attention on this article and to feel for the poor. Thank you

Nice statement

3 hours ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

finally a subject that really matters. amidst all the covid piffle.

Yes.

 

I've said this before but think it's worth saying again - if a person is at or near this level of earnings, they don't have time to be scared of Covid. The potential health effects ought to be so far down their list of worries that it might as well not exist.

15 minutes ago, utalkin2me said:

You could try actually reading the original article before you make an ass out of yourself, 

Did you read and understand the article ?

The 5 million figure includes people who have lost their jobs and do not work and self employed people who have had a reduced income .

   We were talking about the minimum wage , which is a different subject to unemployed people who do not receive a wage .

   Minimum wage and peoples income are two different things

59 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The minimum daily wage in Thailand is 330 Baht , which is 11$ , although mnay people would work for that , they would want closer to 500 Baht for a days work . 

   Buying a 50 Baht beer at the end of the day  is 10 % of their wages . 

Read the article $5.50 USD which is at

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The newly released figures shows that over 5 million people nationwide now live below the poverty line of USD $5.50 per day

exchange rates as of today

8 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Did you read and understand the article ?

The 5 million figure includes people who have lost their jobs and do not work and self employed people who have had a reduced income .

   We were talking about the minimum wage , which is a different subject to unemployed people who do not receive a wage .

   Minimum wage and peoples income are two different things

My original statement stands: they would all be much better off saving their money as opposed to buying a beer for 90 baht at the end of the day. 
 

what exactly is your refute? That no employed Thais make less than 330 baht a day? Lol You can’t be that naive.