I put forward here the idea of taking all of Thaksin's 76 Billion bt and distributing it within the Issan region of Thailand. This would include investment in the local infrastructure and would also be allocated to the building of new schools, hospitals and improved infrastructure throughout the Issan region of Thailand.

This way, Mr Thaksin would be comforted in the knowledge that his taken and once ill-gotten gains are going directly toward improving the lives of his supporters.

Are red-shirts battling for Thaksin's Bt76 bn or democracy?

By K I Woo

Special to the Nation

BANGKOK: -- Although the red shirts and the government both claim they are fighting to uphold democracy, few people really believe that's their primary reason.

Most people believe that the word "democracy" is being used by both factions as rallying cries to gain political power and to crassly seize the moral high-ground in their current dispute.

More insidiously, a large part of the general public believe that the current disruptions are the concluding phases of deciding how former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's Bt76 billion frozen by the government will ultimately be distributed.

water bufallow nonsense!

we all love thailand becoz of its rural poor! who do you think farangs interact with ? hi-so, and thai elite......lol

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