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Zelinsky: The End Is Near
He's in the "Pandora Papers." Perhaps those right wing brain pans read more then you. -
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What's an "impressive" middle class income and savings in Thailand in 2025?
"Middle class" seems to be a quite wide classification, more like lower middle class, middle middle class and upper middle class. The latter below the level of real rich people. Many Thais are now in the 15,000 baht per month income group – which also is the average monthly income – is that middle class, perhaps low middle class? This income level also means that they are paying the maximum Social Security, 1,500 baht per month, and obtain the benefits – including retirement pension – from that. If a household has double income it is in average around 30,000 baht per month. (Source link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030220/thailand-average-monthly-income-per-household-by-region/) As stated from above, the average household income in Bangkok is around 40,000 baht per month. The median salary is – perhaps a bit surprising – stated by Time Doctor to be 88,900 THB per month; implying that 50% of the population earns more than 88,900 THB, while the other 50% earns below 88,900 THB. (Source link: https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/average-salary-in-thailand/) However, this median salary might be based on foreigner's income level, or positions with education and some level of experience, as it range from 24,500 baht to 433,000 baht per month. (Source link: https://www.salaryexplorer.com/average-salary-wage-comparison-thailand-c215) So, the area around 90,000 baht per month could be the midlle of the middle class. And how do you save from that income. To me, it seems like a major saving is real estate – i.e., to own your home – and furthermore some might well be in deductible retirement savings, when we are up in that income level. With the mortgage typically around 50% of the property value, there could be quite a bit of saving there. My girlfriend told me that when she visited our Thai next door neighbour – good friends that I considered as being somewhere in the middle class level – the were making their budget. She told me the had 300,000 baht disposal income. I was a bit surprised, because that is 25,000 baht per month, I thought they had little more. My girlfriend replied: "It not per year, it per month! How would you else expect them to send their two kids in expensive schools?" Suddenly – me, the farang that many Thais are supposed to consider as "rich" – I fell a little poor... -
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Immigration Biometric System Fails to Record Data for 17 Million Travelers
hope thai immigration encrypts our data so that is it not hacked to allow bad actors to create AI of us 🙂 -
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Immigration Biometric System Fails to Record Data for 17 Million Travelers
Please don't encourage him. 🤣- 1
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Bangkok Bank Now Doing FATCA
You might note, I specifically asked about OTHER COUNTRY tax filing obligations....not the Thai ones. -
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Hamas Sinks to New Lows with Hostage Body Swap
Not their job to do that. They are not scientists with a mobile lab. It's Hamas job to deliver the bodies as promised. Another Hamas apologist.
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