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British Man Sparks Outrage in Thai Restaurant Incident
Sometimes. Like 78% of people on this forum do according to a recent poll. And sometimes I drive to a woman’s house. But very carefully and slowly avoiding accidents and police checkpoints. -
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Boycott of US goods spreading worldwide poor donald
This is a great thing and as an American I totally support this kind of action, the US needs to be put in its place and Trump needs to be taught that US influence is nowhere near what it used to be, it has been declining for decades and he is doing nothing but precipitating the decline. Though he has no interest in education, reading or learning, it would really be beneficial for him and his administration if they knew even just a small amount of information about globalization and the inherent ecosystems required. It’s a total mess. As the Ford Motor chief executive Jim Farley courageously (compared to other chief executives) pointed out, “Let’s be real honest: Long term, a 25 percent tariff across the Mexico and Canada borders would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we’ve never seen.” So, either Trump wants to blow that hole, or he’s bluffing, or he is clueless. If it is the latter, Trump is going to get a crash course in the hard realities of the global economy as it really is — not how he imagines it. Ecosystems? Listen a bit to Beinhocker, who is also the executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. In the real world, he argues, “There is no such thing as the American economy anymore that you can identify in any real, tangible way. There’s just this accounting fiction that we call U.S. G.D.P.” To be sure, he says, “There are American interests in the economy. There are American workers. There are American consumers. There are firms based in America. But there is no American economy in that isolated sense.” The old days, he added, “where you made wine and I made cheese, and you had everything you needed to make wine and I had everything I needed to make cheese and so we traded with each other — which made us both better off, as Adam Smith taught — those days are long gone.” Except in Trump’s head. Instead, there is a global web of commercial, manufacturing, services and trading “ecosystems,” explains Beinhocker. “There is an automobile ecosystem. There’s an A.I. ecosystem. There’s a smartphone ecosystem. There’s a drug development ecosystem. There is the chip-making ecosystem.” And the people, parts and knowledge that make up those ecosystems all move back and forth across many economies. As NPR noted in a recent story about the auto industry, “carmakers have built a vast, complicated supply chain that spans North America, with parts crossing back and forth across borders throughout the auto manufacturing process. … Some parts cross borders multiple times — like, say, a wire that is manufactured in the U.S., sent to Mexico to be bundled into a group of wires, and then back to the U.S. for installation into a bigger piece of a car, like a seat.” Trump just waves off all of this. He told reporters that the U.S. is not reliant on Canada. “We don’t need them to make our cars,” he said. Actually, we do. And thank goodness for that. It not only enables us to make cars cheaper, but also better. All that a Model T did was get you from point to point faster than a horse, but today’s cars offer you heating and cooling and entertainment from the internet and satellites. They will navigate for you and even drive for you — and they’re much safer. When we can combine more complex knowledge and complex parts to solve complex problems, our quality of life soars. But here’s the catch. You cannot make complex stuff alone anymore. It’s too complex. And if you are not part of these ecosystems, your country will not thrive.” And trust is the essential ingredient that makes these ecosystems work and grow, Beinhocker adds. Trust acts as both glue and grease. It glues together bonds of cooperation, while at the same time it greases the flows of people, products, capital and ideas from one country to the next. Remove trust and the ecosystems start to collapse. Trust, though, is built by good rules and healthy relationships, and Trump is trampling on both. The result: If he goes down this road, Trump will make America and the world poorer. Mr. President, do your homework. -
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Smelly Expat Skips Massage Bill, Sparks Local Chaos in Lampang
Our very own Robert seeking to scam people In Lampang as he does on this forum every day !! -
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Australian Aged Pension
I am just over 3 months away from doing my 2 years to get portability, That will be in the 29th June, I reach pension age on 19 th July. My question is do I have to be in Australia for when the decision is made on my pension?, I have done over the 183 days. Reason I am asking is my son needs to be back in time to start school on the 13th May, I asked the school if he can start two months later and come back with me, but they insist he must start on the 13 th May. This means I will have to fly back with him set him up in school and leave him with the neighbours then fly back here and see out my last two months, seems a real hassle. I would rather stay with him but I am worried it will effect me getting my pension. Thank you for any help Nev. By the way I used to be on here as nev, but lost my log in details. Cheers. -
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Israeli Tourist's Taxi 'Mishap' Resolved with 1,500 Baht in Pattaya
If he knows he can be taken short like that then he should be wearing an adult diaper, I have not done that but I know, if I have not had a <deleted> then I wont go out until I have had one, because I know once we get out and moving around I will need one soon,
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