Skeptic7 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Day 1: more silly schemes Day 2: more ways to rape foreigners Day 3: more ways to pillage from the poor Days 4-90: repeat Days 1-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 "Cutting diesel prices by 2.50 baht per litre" Great - easy to understand if you own a vehicle that runs on diesel! "Revamping petrol prices" Not so easy to understand - what does "revamping" mean if you have a vehicle that runs on petrol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 6 hours ago, Robin said: Somebody will have to pay for all hs? Any ideas who hat might be. Same as when Covid hit the UK and all those lucky people got paid to sit at home on their bums instead of working - I believe it was called "furlough" and I (and no doubt many others) said at the time "Somebody's gonna have to pay!": "11.7 million employee jobs were furloughed through the scheme, at a cost of £70 billion.Dec 23, 2564 BE" Now where did the money for that come from? A hint - look at the current prices of EVERYTHING in the UK now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB172111 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 7 hours ago, worgeordie said: So it seems , Slashing ,Cutting ,and Trimming are going to solve all Thailand's problems in 90 days , regards Worgeordie You didn’t read it correctly did you 😎 If people would read the text below the photo, it states that the below list is what they have been planning for the last 90 days……Not to recover the economy in the following 90 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 6 hours ago, Stargeezr said: Oh yes, Thailand, favor one country with a free 90 day visa. Russia is at war, and yet you want to favor that country? The rest of the world will remember your policy. Be realistic, the world's citizens are pragmatic and don't give a $hit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Skeptic7 said: Day 1: more silly schemes Day 2: more ways to rape foreigners Day 3: more ways to pillage from the poor Days 4-90: repeat Days 1-3 Silly schemes abound in the West as well. You get 'raped' as a working person in the West. You can't pillage from the poor they haven't got anything to take. Every 3 months, what a grind. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, soalbundy said: Silly schemes abound in the West as well. You get 'raped' as a working person in the West. You can't pillage from the poor they haven't got anything to take. Every 3 months, what a grind. I was a small town high school educated, no college lower-middle class kid raised by a single mom (deadbeat dad) in Florida. Retired a $1.5 millionaire at 59 from a great job if 35 years. That ain't happening here...ever. There's just absolutely no comparison...not even close. Proverbial apples to oranges. How they "pillage" from the poor here is by offering no gainful employment, even with a Uni education. An indentured servant labor force who stoke the economy with their slave labor, but never get a fair shake or an equitable reward. Keeping them poor and forever in debt...mountains of it. No real chance to ever get ahead. Those chances are plentiful in the West, if the person is responsible wants it...but not here. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 11 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said: Retired a $1.5 millionaire at 59 from a great job if 35 years. I suspect yet another ex SAS/SEAL keyboard warrior who makes claims that cannot be proved! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpin Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Welcoming the best tourists from the best countries. That will help ... 🤦🏼♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 41 minutes ago, scottiejohn said: I suspect yet another ex SAS/SEAL keyboard warrior who makes claims that cannot be proved! hahah that retort was funny when people first said it in 2018...... and who is sas/seal for 35 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talahtnut Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Certainly better than UK policies which are the complete opposite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 12 hours ago, Robin said: Somebody will have to pay for all hs? Any ideas who hat might be. I know who it won't be, any politicians or soldiers acting as politicians. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 8 hours ago, Skeptic7 said: I was a small town high school educated, no college lower-middle class kid raised by a single mom (deadbeat dad) in Florida. Retired a $1.5 millionaire at 59 from a great job if 35 years. That ain't happening here...ever. There's just absolutely no comparison...not even close. Proverbial apples to oranges. How they "pillage" from the poor here is by offering no gainful employment, even with a Uni education. An indentured servant labor force who stoke the economy with their slave labor, but never get a fair shake or an equitable reward. Keeping them poor and forever in debt...mountains of it. No real chance to ever get ahead. Those chances are plentiful in the West, if the person is responsible wants it...but not here. From rags to riches in the west (for some) may have been true once but times have changed, in Europe and America most people live from pay cheque to pay cheque, rents have become almost unaffordable let alone buying a house. The amount of wealth has already been carved up and the greater part belongs to very few, the majority can scramble for the left over crumbs. This is why politics is becoming so extreme, people are starting to vote for extreme left or extreme right, any demagogue who will promise to clear away the swamp seems better than the status quo, there is no room for discourse any more. Politically Thailand's constraints are more open, there is no shame and so no need for the grey Eminence in the shadows who really control. Wealth disparity in Thailand is no different except that the people in general seem happier than those in the west. As for debt, that is usually a choice, although in America especially, many are having to use their credit cards at 20% interest just for basics whereas in Thailand it is for commodities, like a motorbike or a smart phone, the basics are mostly taken care of. Wealth disparity in the whole world is huge, it doesn't matter where one lives. History has shown that when it gets too great the guillotine gets erected or dictatorships in the guise of communism sweeps through the land compounding the misery. We live in interesting times. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 12 hours ago, scottiejohn said: I suspect yet another ex SAS/SEAL keyboard warrior who makes claims that cannot be proved! Nope...just a pretty intelligent, well raised, responsible, hard working dude who ultimately made some good money and invested it wisely. Took full advantage of both tax-deferred and after-tax IRAs and 401k. Read some excellent books on investing and watched lots of CNBC and Bloomberg. Still do. Always lived within my means. Never wanted, nor had, those parasites called "kids" and never married. Three key ingredients to wealth accumulation and early retirement. Nothing unusual and nothing to prove. It's a common and achievable goal for anyone with a couple more key ingredients...a brain and responsible determination. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I watch the petrol price it is up and down,all depends the barrel price .It was up to 40 baht a litre now 34.This just shows the world market.Tax on brooze can be high.so lets see in 90 days if things turn around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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