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The greatest friend of capitalism
Karen, are you still praying for your EBT card to arrive on time? You can try getting a real job. -
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Why are posters on here are reject living in the West?
You think to much and your math escapes you, read the post again, I said I came here when I was in my mid 40's, returned a few years later, now a few years can be a few or many in my opinion, but for the record, 9 years, so mid 40's (46) to be exact + 9 = 55, left school in year 10 @ 16, so according to my math, that's as close to 40 years working as you'll get. Government job for 10 years with loads of O/T, i.e. 13 days a fortnight worked, was allowed to take super out in full back then, through that into a property (investment). Later changing jobs, further studying 3 nights a week, 2 courses, 6 years, meant increased salaries as I climbed the ladder. Some cash, investments along the way, no point in letting your $ get eaten by inflation along the way. Divorce was a 50/50 split with one child, child support minimal due to shared care arrangements, no set backs, actually encouraged me to go harder. I wouldn't qualify for the age pension, nor would I wish to return for the chump change they would pay me, I mean what is it, 40,000 baht a month, I require double that to live a decent lifestyle here, nothing over the top and no debts of course, so I rely on my tax free investments to provide me with more than that, regardless of the current global economic climate challengers. Returning to Oz to get the age pension, means you need to fork out double what you would receive in those 2 years, e.g. you spend 4 years of age pension money to survive for those two years in Oz, and that would be doing it tight, so by the time you break even your 71, so how many more years are you going to live for, sure we all like to think forever, but the 2 years wasted in that very expensive country isn't worth the grief, unless you need the $'s. I mean your age pension would be used to pay all of your rent and some depending on whether you want to live in a garage conversion at the back of someone's house or rent a room, (Sydney). As mentioned, I retired at 55 comfortably, like I said from working my ringer off for 40 years and making the right investments, still do, only the have been tax free for the last decade being a non resident for tax purposes. I could have stayed earning 6 figures + as my m8's do, but what an existence, one leaves home at 8am and returns at 8pm 6 days a week, to pay $1,000 a week on the 2 bedroom 2 bathroom unit he rents with his girlfriend, then you have the cost of living on top of that, whereas you say move to a cheaper country and live your life off of your investments, with a cheap girl....LoL. Going back for the age pension is for the unfortunate ones who didn't work hard enough, didn't invest, plan, or lost it all in a divorce or through bad investments. I am happy to donate my old age pension to someone more needy than me thanks. -
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Reeves Warns Against Cutting Ties with China, Advocates for Stronger Economic Links
Really? Starmer might describe himself as a socialist but, apart from the bailing out and likely renationalisation of British Steel, I haven't seen many economic policies enacted by this government which could be described as 'socialist'. An "Ultra authoritarian state with zero freedom of speech": If you were in the UK, you would be perfectly entitled to make your views known and I doubt very much that you would be told to be silent. Unlike China, the Labour government does not operate a system of state capitalism; the UK is very much a market driven economy. When it comes to dissent, unlike China there is no risk of you - or anyone else for that matter - being lifted off the street and taken away for re-education. Does the UK have a " ... huge, overbearing government just like China" as you claim? I'd say the evidence suggests otherwise. -
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Are you actually using AI yet?
Maybe you could use it to figure out what complex words like ranting actually works? -
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Are you actually using AI yet?
Yes, I use Grok, and it's a godsend. But you need to know how to use it. By that, I mean you must bring knowledge to AI and make connections and feed those connections--at least in my field. If you just go and ask questions out of the blue, you get a glorified search engine. People who are able to use AI most effectively are going to leave everyone else in the dust.- 2
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Economy Thailand Sees Slight Rise in Foreign Condo Transfers Despite Value Drop
Beat me to it....yes!!!
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