Thaksin Prioritises Handouts to Boost Economy

[ikke1959]

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

You would be surprised what 30 baht per day can do for a bad food situation for Thai people. Unfortunately, the money is used for too much alcohol instead.

Indeed I could by 7,5 egg size 1 for 30 THB... And when I go to the market I can buy 1 meal of curry.... And of course I know It will be spend on alcohol and lottery, because the first is to drink away the misery and the second maybe we win more money to get a better life... I know enough people who have difficulties with making ends meet.. And if they borrow(ed) money they never will pay or be able to pay it back.... while others don't know what to do with their families, watches, cars and millions of THB... 

[Artisi]

6 minutes ago, connda said:

 

To quote my wife, "Army come soon."  It's sad that the counter-balance to a corrupt civilian government is a military coup, but that counter-balance carries weight and has been used so often that you can slip into it like a worn sandal.

Personally I wouldn't mind seeing the entire Shin clan in Dubai permanently.

Thailand couldn't be that lucky. 

 

[mrfill]

One for you, ten for me......

[newbee2022]

13 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Is it not the PM task to make this kind of announcements? Besides 10k over 1 year is 30 THB a day. The poor can not do much with it and the ones with  500k on the bankaccount or 40k monthly income, are not really in need for it...

30 Baht a day is equivalent to one meal. That helps for those in need.

[ikke1959]

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

30 Baht a day is equivalent to one meal. That helps for those in need.

how many meals do you have on a day? Be fair... in these times when everything is getting more and more expensive is 30 THB nothing. The minimum wages should go up so that people get more to spend every day, every month. That will help the economy although the greedy CEO's claim the opposite.  I prefer only monthly payments of at least 14k a month working max 9 hours a day and not more than 6 days a week... Than people are getting paid too in the so many holidays too, and you will see these holidays will be reduced very quickly...but for the low paid people will get a daily wage of around 500 THB a day 13k: 30 days is 466 THB a day

[newbee2022]

17 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

how many meals do you have on a day? Be fair... in these times when everything is getting more and more expensive is 30 THB nothing. The minimum wages should go up so that people get more to spend every day, every month. That will help the economy although the greedy CEO's claim the opposite.  I prefer only monthly payments of at least 14k a month working max 9 hours a day and not more than 6 days a week... Than people are getting paid too in the so many holidays too, and you will see these holidays will be reduced very quickly...but for the low paid people will get a daily wage of around 500 THB a day 13k: 30 days is 466 THB a day

My Gardener gets 800 per day.  The cleaner 500. Minimum wages are rising. Holidays are extended.

Anyway. 30 Baht in your hands for a meal is only the beginning. Rome is not built in one day, and Thaksin cannot change everything within one year.

[BayArea]

7 hours ago, connda said:

 

So Tony is officially the Prime Minister now.  That didn't take long, did it? 

looking at that picture with him front and center, you could almost imagine that he never left Thailand at all. 

[still kicking]

9 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

The difference is that Trump was elected.

So was Putin 

[Thingamabob]

6 hours ago, still kicking said:

So was Putin 

Putin was effectively nominated, not chosen by a free and fair election.

[Puccini]

I fear that boosting the economy will increase air pollution even more.

[watchcat]

On 1/26/2025 at 11:10 PM, ozz1 said:

Not bad for someone who was supposed to stay out of politics

 

Indeed he should be in jail.