Did those who proposed it follow it themselves?

Of course they do. I really don't like what you are implying.

What you don't like are the facts.

I think that the OP may have a distorted view of the Thai welfare system.

First principle of a Sufficiency Economic Theory - don't get a pet dog when you cannot afford dog food.

Don't make babies when you cannot even support yourself.

If you can't support yourself, no-one else will do it but your children... seems quite prudent to me...

You've obviously never had a hobby

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First principle of a Sufficiency Economic Theory - don't get a pet dog when you cannot afford dog food.

Don't make babies when you cannot even support yourself.

If you can't support yourself, no-one else will do it but your children... seems quite prudent to me...

And now we know where those steret kids in the developing world are sired from...

First principle of a Sufficiency Economic Theory - don't get a pet dog when you cannot afford dog food.

Don't make babies when you cannot even support yourself.

If you can't support yourself, no-one else will do it but your children... seems quite prudent to me...

And now we know where those street kids in the developing world are sired from...

First principle of a Sufficiency Economic Theory - don't get a pet dog when you cannot afford dog food.

Don't make babies when you cannot even support yourself.

If you can't support yourself, no-one else will do it but your children... seems quite prudent to me...

And now we know where those steret kids in the developing world are sired from...

If they're mine, I disown them - they seem quite lacking in both capability and ambition!