A interesting question popped into my head just now with all the talk about politics and such. Can our children (By our I mean children whom are Thai citizens but only one parent is Thai) get into politics If so is their a ceiling, be it a true written into law ceiling or a glass ceiling? If they could would you want yours to be in politics?

I would not like my child to be involved in politics in Thailand or my country. The decision is up to them.

They are Thai why cant they be?

The present PM is Thai Chinese.

My kids are Thai Scottish. I know one Government Minister that was also half Scottish - MeechaiViravaidya - http://en.wikipedia....chai_Viravaidya

So, yes our kids could be.

I'd love my kids to be politicians, if they want to be.

I would imagine that without the necessary connections, there is no chance of your kids being PM.

they can yes, because all expats are connected, just ask them.

you meet many important people doing covert operations around the world.

That's good to know. If she wanted to be, I'd support her 100%. One of the reasons why I scratch the surface a lil about the Local politics is because it's the land my kids will grow up in, and I want it to be as decent as it can for them. Sure there's not much you can do other than positioning yourself to best take advantage of the changes. But that doesn't mean you can't care what happens.

Absolutely no chance at all if K. Thaksin gets his way.

a black man with a muslim name, with semi communist views was voted in for a second term in the usa.

so YES WE CAN.

by the way i myself have no problem with blacks or muslims,

Can Our Children Be The Pm One Day?

Well, the present PM is a puppet, so why not?

At least two senators have been elected who were 1/2 British. Senator Meechai and Jon Umphakorn(Sp?). Both of them have done some very good things for Thailand.

Yes!

Cool, ok so how about those of us that have babies or toddlers right now, get together and form up our party now. We can have our first meeting at Gymboree and divvy up the loot, err I mean constituencies

LoL What do we call it "Luk-khun Rak Thai"? LKRT Party? Hmmm dose have a certain ring...

Oh and I call PM!

Unless there is a change in the current political direction here in Thailand, look for future Thailand PM being members of one family and one family only. Singapore would be a good example of a role model for things to come.

I suggested this to my daughter once. The reply was she did not want to end up dead.

Why not,I heard that Abhisit only had a British passport,no Thai passport.

I think he was just on a tourist visa while he was Prime Minister,my friend saw him on a visa run in Laos!

a black man with a muslim name, with semi communist views was voted in for a second term in the usa.

so YES WE CAN.

by the way i myself have no problem with blacks or muslims,

You think your President is black?

He looks a sort of pinkish to pale brownish colour to me.

You think he's semi communist?

Can you read? Or perhaps I should say DO you read?

I ask because if you compare your president to the norms of various types of political leaning he could not in any way be called vaguely communist.

a black man with a muslim name, with semi communist views was voted in for a second term in the usa.

so YES WE CAN.

by the way i myself have no problem with blacks or muslims,

You think your President is black?

He looks a sort of pinkish to pale brownish colour to me.

You think he's semi communist?

Can you read? Or perhaps I should say DO you read?

I ask because if you compare your president to the norms of various types of political leaning he could not in any way be called vaguely communist.

whats with the attitude.

can you read, I never said he was my president, I am Australian.

And dont tell me he is not black thats foolish, can you see, share the wealth sounds communist like to me.

a black man with a muslim name, with semi communist views was voted in for a second term in the usa.

so YES WE CAN.

by the way i myself have no problem with blacks or muslims,

You think your President is black?

He looks a sort of pinkish to pale brownish colour to me.

You think he's semi communist?

Can you read? Or perhaps I should say DO you read?

I ask because if you compare your president to the norms of various types of political leaning he could not in any way be called vaguely communist.

whats with the attitude.

can you read, I never said he was my president, I am Australian.

And dont tell me he is not black thats foolish, can you see, share the wealth sounds communist like to me.

Doesn't it go along the lines of, I'm a communist, I have nothing and I would like to share it with you. ?

A good baby step would be making sure they get their inheritance first. (that means you or your spouse don't blow it all before you die)

A good baby step would be making sure they get their inheritance first. (that means you or your spouse don't blow it all before you die)

There is, as you know, a huge difference between European/Thai and Chinese/Thai like yourself.

But to come onto a forum which has 99% foreign members and suggest/criticize that foreigners like to blow all their money, or in fact don't have any, is rather inappropriate, IMHO.

A good baby step would be making sure they get their inheritance first. (that means you or your spouse don't blow it all before you die)

I'm not worried about blowing it, I'm more worried about spending $20K+ a year for like 16 years on a decent school LoL! I bet by the time my toddler goes to high school, decent ones will seriously be in the 800K Baht and up range. The first step should be a party sponsored international school. So 20+ of us families oughta get together and start up a international school for our kids.

Actually, that's not a half bad idea. Consider this for example;

1) 1 million Baht each kid - What you would pay for just 2.5 years of education at a decent international school.

2) 20 kids, that's 20 million baht, more than enough for start up, teachers, lease (possibly purchase), build out, equipment, and advertising.

3) Lets say lease was 300,000 a month. 10 teachers at 60K, 1 super intendent at 100K, 10 support staff (local) between 10-15K ... I bet monthly your looking at a bill of around 1.1-1.2Mil with bills and other items. You could save allot of money by buying the property or with less staff to start.

4) So you figure a yearly bill of around 9-14mil depending on weather you lease or own and you would just need 30 other students paying just 300K a year to break even.

Lots of other variables sure, but I bet there's some feasibility there

Politics and bureaucracy are the professions of the future, well paid, well holidayed, well rested, well embezelled, indexed salaries, retirement benefits. As the serfs in private industry struggle the government sector just surges ahead, meet the overlords.

a black man with a muslim name, with semi communist views was voted in for a second term in the usa.

so YES WE CAN.

by the way i myself have no problem with blacks or muslims,

You think your President is black?

He looks a sort of pinkish to pale brownish colour to me.

You think he's semi communist?

Can you read? Or perhaps I should say DO you read?

I ask because if you compare your president to the norms of various types of political leaning he could not in any way be called vaguely communist.

whats with the attitude.

can you read, I never said he was my president, I am Australian.

And dont tell me he is not black thats foolish, can you see, share the wealth sounds communist like to me.

What's with the attitude?

I've spent four years hearing Fox News types going on an on about Obama being Black and dragging out his Muslim second name completely unnecessarily and appealing to the worst in people. When you made the ridiculous suggestion he was semi communist I put the record straight as it should be put.

Why?

Because these Fox News types believe this crap because it gets repeated and repeated......so someone needs to put the record straight again and again as necessary.

ps: Have you ever heard or read that Obama advocates common ownership of the means of production in the USA or anything "semi" like that?

a black man with a muslim name, with semi communist views was voted in for a second term in the usa.

so YES WE CAN.

by the way i myself have no problem with blacks or muslims,

You think your President is black?

He looks a sort of pinkish to pale brownish colour to me.

You think he's semi communist?

Can you read? Or perhaps I should say DO you read?

I ask because if you compare your president to the norms of various types of political leaning he could not in any way be called vaguely communist.

whats with the attitude.

can you read, I never said he was my president, I am Australian.

And dont tell me he is not black thats foolish, can you see, share the wealth sounds communist like to me.

gawd - I'm ashamed to be Australian with economically illiterate views such as that coming from my fellow countrymen.

A good baby step would be making sure they get their inheritance first. (that means you or your spouse don't blow it all before you die)

I'm not worried about blowing it, I'm more worried about spending $20K+ a year for like 16 years on a decent school LoL! I bet by the time my toddler goes to high school, decent ones will seriously be in the 800K Baht and up range. The first step should be a party sponsored international school. So 20+ of us families oughta get together and start up a international school for our kids.

Actually, that's not a half bad idea. Consider this for example;

1) 1 million Baht each kid - What you would pay for just 2.5 years of education at a decent international school.

2) 20 kids, that's 20 million baht, more than enough for start up, teachers, lease (possibly purchase), build out, equipment, and advertising.

3) Lets say lease was 300,000 a month. 10 teachers at 60K, 1 super intendent at 100K, 10 support staff (local) between 10-15K ... I bet monthly your looking at a bill of around 1.1-1.2Mil with bills and other items. You could save allot of money by buying the property or with less staff to start.

4) So you figure a yearly bill of around 9-14mil depending on weather you lease or own and you would just need 30 other students paying just 300K a year to break even.

Lots of other variables sure, but I bet there's some feasibility there

You'd need a big iron to straighten out the creases in this plan, I would need more detailed information before i could reach a decision on my investment in our childrens future and potential plan for Thai political supremacy.

im sorry guys, obama is doing an amazing job, the us economy is booming now, share the wealth.

you make more money, so i will take from you and give to someone who has less, even though he is lazy i will take from you and give to him.

those who have and are getting their hard earned dollars taken begin to tire of working and having the money taken,causing them to work less.

he wants everyone the same and you know it, that is communism and you know it.

dont even start on obama care, who's goona pay for it all, I got an idea, just keep printing money until it becames totally worthless.

ever looked at chicago,more corrupt then Bangkok politics.

correct me if im wrom but wasnt he a member of the junior communist party, sure their views rubbed off a little.

im sorry guys, obama is doing an amazing job, the us economy is booming now, share the wealth.

you make more money, so i will take from you and give to someone who has less, even though he is lazy i will take from you and give to him.

those who have and are getting their hard earned dollars taken begin to tire of working and having the money taken,causing them to work less.

he wants everyone the same and you know it, that is communism and you know it.

dont even start on obama care, who's goona pay for it all, I got an idea, just keep printing money until it becames totally worthless.

ever looked at chicago,more corrupt then Bangkok politics.

correct me if im wrom but wasnt he a member of the junior communist party, sure their views rubbed off a little.

I think you're wrom.

im sorry guys, obama is doing an amazing job, the us economy is booming now, share the wealth.

you make more money, so i will take from you and give to someone who has less, even though he is lazy i will take from you and give to him.

those who have and are getting their hard earned dollars taken begin to tire of working and having the money taken,causing them to work less.

he wants everyone the same and you know it, that is communism and you know it.

dont even start on obama care, who's goona pay for it all, I got an idea, just keep printing money until it becames totally worthless.

ever looked at chicago,more corrupt then Bangkok politics.

correct me if im wrom but wasnt he a member of the junior communist party, sure their views rubbed off a little.

don't forget - he was born in Kenya too.

And they faked the moon landings.