" Countries with a significant worsening in perceived levels of corruption in 2007 include Austria, Bahrain, Belize, Bhutan, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Malta, Mauritius, Oman, Papua New Guinea and Thailand. "

Hmm what was the reason for ousting Thaksin - will they oust themselves as its worse now?

" Countries with a significant worsening in perceived levels of corruption in 2007 include Austria, Bahrain, Belize, Bhutan, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Malta, Mauritius, Oman, Papua New Guinea and Thailand. "

Hmm what was the reason for ousting Thaksin - will they oust themselves as its worse now?

Simple: Keep the public amused with the "magically appearing bird" in one hand while stealing candy from the ignorant with the other.... "Baffle em with bullsh!t!"

From an idependant perspective - contract %'s for government officials with regards to civil work's projects have gone up in the last three months by two or three percentage points - maybe most elected officials are trying to get their election "war-chests" in order.....

Soundman.

during the taksin the old and the new economic elit were controlling each other - now it's one mafia and no public scrutiny