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Looming Crisis: Private Schools Face Closures Amid VAT Hike
The argument for applying 20% VAT to private school fees under the guise of "equity" is profoundly flawed and deeply naive. To suggest that taxing private education is a step toward fairness ignores the broader implications of this policy. Many families who send their children to private schools are not the ultra-wealthy caricatures often imagined but ordinary middle-income households who make significant sacrifices to prioritise their children’s education. Branding these families as “relatively wealthy” and burdening them further is a myopic approach that misunderstands both equity and the dynamics of the education system. This move does little to address inequality and instead penalises those seeking better opportunities for their children. The notion that the state education system can simply absorb a wave of students transitioning from private schools as fees inevitably rise is laughable. State schools are already buckling under the weight of overcrowded classrooms, underfunded resources, and staffing crises. Adding thousands of students to this system will not fix these problems; it will exacerbate them. To assume that the additional tax revenue from VAT will somehow magically resolve these challenges is optimistic at best and delusional at worst. Governments have a long track record of diverting funds from such measures into unrelated projects, leaving both private and public schools worse off. This policy is a political vanity project masquerading as fiscal responsibility. Your comments attempt to paint a dystopian picture of a world where private services are allowed to flourish, implying that this would somehow undermine the public good. This argument is absurd. The private education sector currently provides an invaluable service by alleviating pressure on state schools. If private schools close or shrink under the weight of VAT, the state will bear the burden of educating an influx of students, a scenario that will cost far more than the revenue gained from this tax. This policy is the equivalent of shooting oneself in the foot and then wondering why walking becomes so difficult. The suggestion that “increased investment” will solve the issues in state education is a simplistic platitude. Where will this magical investment come from when every decision to tax and spend is accompanied by bureaucratic inefficiencies and waste?, as is your comparison to Liz Truss-style economic policies, you've presented a red herring meant to distract from the inadequacies of this VAT proposal. Thus, rather than engaging in serious debate about how to strengthen the education system as a whole, your argument resorts to patronising rhetoric that fails to address the real-world consequences. If equity is the goal, there are far better ways to achieve it than taxing private schools into oblivion. Encouraging partnerships between private and state schools, sharing resources, and creating programs to support disadvantaged students would yield far greater benefits. Instead to support the demonisation of those who prioritise their children’s education and slapping a tax on that will do more harm than good. This policy is not about fairness; it is a poorly disguised attempt to score political points at the expense of families, children, and the education system as a whole. -
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Looming Crisis: Private Schools Face Closures Amid VAT Hike
Not all private schools are charities at all. Some are for profit, some not and some are on a charitable basis. -
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The Scientists and Spies Who Questioned Covid’s Origins
I believe that it was the French who set up the Level 4 lab at the Wuhan Institute. However, the Bat Woman was usually using Level 2 or sometimes Level 3 facilities. This helps explain how a leak could have occured. Some American researchers visiting in 2018 were appalled by the sloppiness in the lab. -
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Looming Crisis: Private Schools Face Closures Amid VAT Hike
State schools are paid for out of taxes. Private schools claim to be charities. -
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Russian Woman Robbed While Walking Dog in Pattaya
Geoff, are you working through every Pattaya news story from the last month? I thought you were in Chiang Mai anyway? -
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Fatal Motorcycle Crash at Notorious Bend Sparks Local Superstition
Ah, thank you, Professor, for blessing us with your extensive cut-and-paste wisdom, as if this thread were an international conference on stating the obvious. You’ve somehow managed to cram every vaguely related buzzword about road safety into one long-winded, self-congratulatory essay, and yet contributed absolutely nothing original. Bravo. Your ability to talk down to everyone is truly unmatched, even by myself !!!. Apparently, no one here can grasp the profound complexity of "bad roads and bad drivers," except for you, the enlightened oracle of traffic engineering. Meanwhile, the rest of us peasants must stumble along in our ignorance, oblivious to the groundbreaking revelations of "better signage" and "less drunk driving." How revolutionary. For someone so obsessed with being "objective" and "scientific," your comments are dripping with smug superiority and unsubstantiated generalisations. Dismissing Thailand as some backward, irredeemable failure of a nation in road safety ignores reality, and reeks of the kind of arrogance that assumes reading a few reports qualifies you to solve all the world's problems. And oh, the “flat earthers” jab, what an original, cutting-edge insult. Did you come up with that before or after deciding you’re the sole authority on what constitutes valid commentary? Here’s a tip: If you want to pretend to have a superior intellect, try not to undermine it by resorting to tired clichés and hollow condescension. In summary, your verbose tirade is less a contribution to the discussion and more a monument to your own inflated ego. Next time, try engaging with others instead of delivering an unsolicited lecture. Who knows? You might actually learn something.
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