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Living in Thailand is very cheap?
That's why I don't live in a tourist town. A couple big ones, my income isn't and won't be taxed, along with no real RE Taxes in Thailand, keeps owning (house, not apartment) or renting prices down. And I kind of like the weather, though a bit warm at times, AC & Solar handles that, inexpensively, but cooler region means lots or air pollution, so fair trade. Couple months of poor air, not too bad compared to North of us, as we're below Hua Hin 100 kms, and air purifiers keep things healthy for us. Throw in cost of BEVs, along with that solar again, and our monthly bills are a pittance. I know many, especially single retirees can't pull that off, and EU may have some advantages for citizens of / healthcare, maybe. Alcohol is low low low priority and we rarely indulge. Along with being a 'whole foods' eater, so very little processed foods, which are more expensive that raw whole foods. -
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Amnesty International "It's a Genocide in Gaza"
The U.N itself stated that the average civilian casualties in war is about 90 % , in the Gaza war the civilian casualty rate is about 50 % . Israel are doing extremely well to keep the civilian casualty rate so low , considering that Hamas are hiding among the civilians Ninety Per Cent of War-Time Casualties Are Civilians, Speakers Stress 25 May 2022 https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14904.doc.htm -
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Dipped below 800k for money in bank method
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Living in Thailand is very cheap?
"......been abroad for 30 years now....." And in your mind that translates into ...."haven't been back to the UK for 30 years" You must struggle to survive in this world. -
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Thai Tax Strategy Revamp: VAT Hike, Income Tax Cuts Proposed
Now that makes sense. Bring taxation down to normal levels and you will have much less "tax planning" and outright cheaters to hunt after. 35% income tax is ridiculous compared to what the state offers those pristine tax payers in return; 20% corporate taxation is also more than border line. This will also do away with the planned (over-)taxation of non-Thais. There the mathematics are even simpler. A non-Thai has a pension of, say, THB 40'000/month. If the state takes away 15% (THB 6,000) it means, that this person spends only THB 34,000 and not THB 40,000 into the SME industry of Thailand (food, drinks, rent, entertainment, transport etc.) - in essence the state cuts into the earnings and profitability of the Thai SME. VAT depends on consumption; those consuming more = pay more money whereas the percentage is linear and not progressive. In addition, the VAT system is in place and works (mostly; the convenience stores of Somchai and Yodsak remain excluded but pay at least in-put VAT). If this goes through, then Thailand inched itself closer to the 21st century indeed! Carpe diem! -
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Amnesty International "It's a Genocide in Gaza"
“To accuse Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza is a gross and egregious subversion and weaponization of the very term itself, made even more unconscionable given the Oct. 7 attacks were the largest mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust,” the organization said in a statement provided to JNS. Anne Herzberg, legal advisor at NGO Monitor, said that “Amnesty’s immoral attack targeting Israel is blatant genocide inversion that seeks to turn necessary defense against terror atrocities into a heinous international crime. The NGO twists and invents legal standards, erases the monstrous Hamas war crimes of Oct. 7 and turns unverifiable accusations into ‘evidence.'” https://www.jns.org/amnesty-international-to-release-report-accusing-israel-of-genocide/ -
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