Thai PM’s odd suggestions cause quite a stir

[tingtong]

Exercise and 2 languages...

The great general soon will get a good use of it, 

When floating in his own sh.t won't do....can always make a run for another country, and understand them too!

Can't Be prepared for your future, Mr PM.

[NeoDinosaw]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

#1 ... the taxes they receive from imports for starters.  Think automotive.

Along with the industry / employees, to sell & maintain imported products.

The taxes the country receives are from money already in Thailand.

Thai industry should develop to sell and maintain  Thai products

[Laughing Gravy]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

His English is not that proficient .....  how's your Thai ...

A lot better than his English but I don't run the country.

[bankruatsteve]

5 hours ago, NeoDinosaw said:

(1) I don't see how buying  lots of imported goods is helping the Thai economy. 

(2) Maybe you should emigrate to a country where these goods are cheaper

My comment was about the very high import tax on imported products like cigarettes and spirits which are directed at expats by a greedy government.  The economy is, and has been, supported by the many billions of baht converted from home currency and spent annually in the Kingdom by expats.

[zzaa09]

4 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

My comment was about the very high import tax on imported products like cigarettes and spirits which are directed at expats by a greedy government.  The economy is, and has been, supported by the many billions of baht converted from home currency and spent annually in the Kingdom by expats.

And all that......yet, look how the continue to treat us. 

[Andycoops]

More numpty mumbo jumbo from a delusional, ignorant and miserable man.

[Sydebolle]

Swimming and second (third or fourth) languages are taught at school = education ministry in charge. Latter not moving anything for decades as the status quo keeps the underlings at bay.

Out of curiosity, what entrance pricing is there for government officials? I mean, Thais pay 10% of what the dirty farang are supposed to pay so I was wondering, what they charge dirty politicians?

[elgenon]

21 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Not much odder than "...there will not be coup"?

 

 

How about "There will be new elections in 3 months"? Said by The General after the coup.

[maxcorrigan]

22 hours ago, JoePai said:

Don't you just want to slap that supercilious grinning face......

Yes very true, i promptly blocked it, thanks ABP!

[NoshowJones]

Well he's right about one thing, many countries will be keeping an eye on Thailand as they know his government is illegal, and that he himself took the country at gunpoint over 7 years ago.

 

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

The day that Thailand  was transformed was 22nd May 2014 , and it has gone downhill ever since !

"He also suggested that Thai people should exercise". Well he and the other Chuckle Brother sure don't look like they exercise.

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Is that for real? Or has it got lost in the translation? It reads like having interviewed an 8 year old.

Military Academy education????

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, keith101 said:

He is Military and knows nothing about the real people and their lives and just thinks it makes him look good for re election .

Re election?? He hasn't even been elected, not by the Thai people anyway.

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, steven100 said:

actually he is correct in that every child should learn to swim, it should be mandatory ....  as for the language I have always said schools MUST make english a requirement.  A child that can speak English has a far better opportunity to travel and advance in life through career prospects, than one that can't. 

I have always wondered if the unelected soldier posing as a PM is able to speak English, or how competent he is at it.

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, anchadian said:

He should have studied the English language when he went to school.

 

Shame.

 

 

In a Military Academy??

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

"If you drown you will die" well said along with that confident grin.........

Military Academy education again??

[steven100]

14 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I have always wondered if the unelected soldier posing as a PM is able to speak English, or how competent he is at it.

oh possum,  our elected PM Khun Prayut isn't proficient at English ....

[NoshowJones]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

oh possum,  our elected PM Khun Prayut isn't proficient at English ....

He certainly isn't proficient at running a country Steven, that's for sure, but at least he seems to know that if you drown you die. ????

[NoshowJones]

18 hours ago, Katipo said:

In my opinion, these statements are 3 of the more sensible things that have come out of his mouth.

Saying that if you drown you die is sensible? ????

[Saanim]

5 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

My comment was about the very high import tax on imported products like cigarettes and spirits which are directed at expats by a greedy government.  The economy is, and has been, supported by the many billions of baht converted from home currency and spent annually in the Kingdom by expats.

How much are the "many billions of baht converted from home currency by expats", in comparison to the Bahts converted from income of Thai export companies?  Just curious...

 

 

[bankruatsteve]

3 minutes ago, Saanim said:

How much are the "many billions of baht converted from home currency by expats", in comparison to the Bahts converted from income of Thai export companies?  Just curious...

 

 

Dunno.  Are you disputing my premise that expats are important to the Thai economy?

[Saanim]

11 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

Dunno.  Are you disputing my premise that expats are important to the Thai economy?

Not really, but not that the state economy will collapse when the expats will leave.   Perhaps you should learn a bit about Thai exporting industries.  

Just go around Laem Chabang, Lat Krabang and see the thousands of containers passing by, beside what leaving by air freight from Sumpy.

Or just find out the official figures of Thai export. 

  

[bankruatsteve]

14 minutes ago, Saanim said:

Perhaps you should learn a bit about Thai exporting industries.  

What would I need to learn?  Reports say that exports have declined 10% or so during Covid.  Tourism has virtually disappeared.   Expat income has remained pretty much unchanged.  I just think that we should get more respect when it comes to taxing things we like to buy, dual pricing at hospitals and others, 90 day reports,  having to pay for things that should be free, and constantly getting screwed down to bleed more.

[metisdead]

Some off topic posts and replies about the British Empire and the curriculum in UK schools have been removed. 

[cncltd1973]

On 11/15/2021 at 11:32 PM, tracker1 said:

No mention of road carnage

right on, learning to drive should come before learning to swim!