webfact Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 PHEU THAI PARTY Thailand to overcome poverty by 2020 By The Nation Thailand is projected to overcome poverty by 2020 when a university graduate will earn Bt30,000 per month for entry job and the minimum wage is expected to rise to Bt1,000 per day, if Pheu Thai wins the July 3 vote. Pheu Thai candidate Yingluck Shinawatra has unveiled her party's Vision 2020 Statement, posted for the first time on her Facebook page coinciding with the home stretch of campaigning. "I present Vision 2020 with the hope to help my fellow Thais to form a decision ahead of election day," Yingluck said yesterday in her Facebook message. She said Pheu Thai, if elected to administer the country, would strive to achieve some 20 targets within the next nine years or two terms of office. Key targets include the followings: - Gross national income to reach Bt24 trillion enabling every Thai to live above the poverty line, every family to own a home and every farmer to own a plot. - Salary for entry job to start at Bt30,000 and daily minimum wage at Bt1,000. - Good public health care for every Thai, freed from illicit drugs. - World-class education instilled with moral and ethics. - Numbers of business proprietors to double. - Bangkok commuter transport system to complete with 10 train routes fuelling the development of satellite towns. - High-speed train and rail transport services to complete nationwide, cutting logistic cost by 25 per cent. -- The Nation 2011-06-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 And also everybody who votes PTP will have an above-average income, no doubt. But 2020 is a long way off, I think I prefer the everybody-will-be-rich-after-6-months promise instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 And that ladies and gentlemen, is the knock out blow. All probably unachievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahvail Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Using those numbers as a framework, seems as though the exchange rate will be 150 USD/TB, and 250 GBP/TB. I could live with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunterHunter Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Oh my god... the fantasy just gets wilder and wilder... I nearly spit my coffee out when i read the world class education - its going to take uneducated rural folk to believe any of this cr*p! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 All completely believable promises. Doing what no western nation has been able to achieve - everyone living above the poverty line, AND everyone owning house and land. Minimum wage increases of on average 16% per year, and graduate salaries increasing 10% per year. Does the current Health care system provide illicit drugs? A Red school in every village teaching "morals" and "ethics". Number of businesses to double ... not if they have to pay those wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 All completely believable promises. Doing what no western nation has been able to achieve - everyone living above the poverty line, AND everyone owning house and land. Minimum wage increases of on average 16% per year, and graduate salaries increasing 10% per year. Does the current Health care system provide illicit drugs? A Red school in every village teaching "morals" and "ethics". Number of businesses to double ... not if they have to pay those wages. Will anyone dare to call these people liars when it doesn't happen? Anyone for a (at this inflationary rate at least) 1,000,000,000,000,000 baht defamation suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The vast majority of Thais work off the grid. Yes, if most Thai people believe that BS, it's just another indication of how terrible the education system is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 They left off how they will do all this with no inflation too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metapod Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Sounds horrible to me. No cheap massages. No more street food. This is not the Thailand I want to live in, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 After the 1929 economic crisis the Nazi mouvement started in the same way. Longtime supported by the people, the big companies and other respected institutions (Vatikan) - results= Holocaust, Second World War. No comparision with Thailand, but I remember history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Of course, it's just lies to grab total power, and this time, never to let go. Sure all politicians lie but no educated public in a real democracy would actually fall for the super BIG lies of these promises. Well, I take it back, sometimes they do, but it always ends in tears. Edited June 30, 2011 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchidlady Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 "Salary for entry level job to start at Bt30,000 "... well considering that is the BASE salary level for foreigners (NATIVE SPEAKERS) (with experience and at least a master's degree as a requirement) teaching in a government university and has been at the same level for about five years at least...will the salary for the foreigners teaching also finally rise or will only the Thai salary for entry level workers rise to this level ? Or do they expect, " with their world class education", they will not need anymore native speakers to help them learn to speak English? I guess they expect they will have learned all they need by the time the ASEAN 2015 provisions are in place. My friends with Thai children are waiting to get their free IPADs also... The "policies" the PT keep unveiling are going from crazy to extremely ridiculous. Do they really believe the population is that stupid or ignorant to buy into their fantsies? I guess we will find out on July 3 the answers to this last question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalkingMan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 - World-class education instilled with moral and ethics... That will take longer than 9 years... Always good to aim for the stars, but c'mon! 2 or 3 bogus promises usually come out of all campaigns but they just threw caution to the wind. But, I bet lots of folks believe it 100%. TheWalkingMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The "policies" the PT keep unveiling are going from crazy to extremely ridiculous. Do they really believe the population is that stupid or ignorant to buy into their fantsies? I guess we will find out on July 3 the answers to this last question. Sure they believe it. I do too. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housepainter Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 There are no policies. They don't debate the political issues. They have no ideology. But they offer bribes and promises. This country gets what it deserves and rightly so. We are often told it is not our business or concern so lets just watch as the place continues its down spiral to annihilation. This cult of personality, we had one Thaksin now there's another of the blood line, and yet the neighbours and history shows this is not the way to go. The people are ignorant and ill informed. Therefore, are easily led. If the false promises wins them over then they deserve what they get. At the end of the day does anyone really care? The place is backward from top to bottom. Slow internet, no broadband, power cuts, water cut off, crap roads, endemic corruption, superstitious tree fearing people etc etc. It's third world heading for fourth. Next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 - World-class education instilled with moral and ethics... That will take longer than 9 years... Always good to aim for the stars, but c'mon! 2 or 3 bogus promises usually come out of all campaigns but they just threw caution to the wind. But, I bet lots of folks believe it 100%. TheWalkingMan 2 OR 3 Bogus Promises. A week???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Of course, it's just lies to grab total power, and this time, never to let go. Sure all politicians lie but no educated public in a real democracy would actually fall for the super BIG lies of these promises. Well, I take it back, sometimes they do, but it always ends in tears. German people did. Teachers, Doctors, Professors (Martin Heidegger, world wide known as Guru of Existentiel Philosophy) worked in the Nazi system. I hope Thai people are more intelligent than the German Elite at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 A direct palgiarism of the Malaysian government's Wawasan (vision) 2020. And that was started back in 1991, giving 29 years to achieve it. Now Yingluck tells us she'll do it in 9. Thaksin copies, PTP acts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janverbeem Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) And if you vote PTP there will also be a white Christmas every year.Strange they didn't inlude that in their promises,at least it would be more believable than the rest of them, Edited June 30, 2011 by janverbeem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleG Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 What no free ponies for everyone? Sorry, no sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) 2 OR 3 Bogus Promises. A week???? Hub of Bogus Promises ? ! One wonders if this is an example of what Ms Yingluck learned, while running her brother's company, in-training/cloning for running the country. Big-business must have changed since my day. Edited June 30, 2011 by Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 A direct palgiarism of the Malaysian government's Wawasan (vision) 2020. And that was started back in 1991, giving 29 years to achieve it. Now Yingluck tells us she'll do it in 9. Thaksin copies, PTP acts. Has anyone noticed there have been NO pro reds answering this topic to date, are they shy about losing face, or is it that they cannot agree with the unthinkable ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 9 years to eliminate poverty??? He's slipping... it used to be 3 years. Defiant Thaksin refuses to budge Ubon Ratchathani — Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Monday told an election rally in this northeastern province that he would not resign as called on by his opponents. Thaksin told the rally that he had done nothing wrong and he was elected and mandated to run the country by the "People's Constitution". Thaksin also denounced the rallies against him in Bangkok as being financed and organised by those who had lost interest because of the government's policies. Thaksin asked the voters to empower and give him mandate again by voting for the Thai Rak Thai in the April 2 election. Thaksin said he would go on serving the country as the prime minister and would try to eliminate poverty within three years. Source: The Nation - 13 Feb 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdimension Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Numbers of business proprietors to double I'm not sure how she came up with that forecasted value (probably plucked out of thin air instead of statistical analysis and research), but I think what is actually likely to happen is the Shinawatra's business empire to double in size. Edited June 30, 2011 by hyperdimension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 and 4 months before that he was also going to eradicate slums in 3 years... Thailand will be 'slum-free' by 2008, says PM BANGKOK: -- The government plans to declare Thailand a 'slum-free' country over the next three years, according to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. --TNA 2005-10-05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 - Gross national income to reach Bt24 trillion enabling every Thai to live above the poverty line, every family to own a home and every farmer to own a plot. 2010 gdp 9.5 trillion baht. So to get to 24 trillion baht, it requires 10% growth per year for the next 10 years. VERY LIKELY just need to vote Thaksin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Believing these absurd promises likely makes the masses feel good, at least temporarily, so they will keep buying it, and now they seem rather addicted to it ... like YABA. Edited June 30, 2011 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I particulary like the "freed from illicit drugs" One could suggest based on what I have read in the OP that the person coming up with this rather impressive list was actually indulging in said drugs at the time of writing We know all politians are pathological liars, but this has to rank somewhere in the top 3 world ranking of political porkies. Thailand - a regional hub of broken promises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I want to hear Yingluck say "A chicken in every pot AND a car in every garage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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