Farmers plan protests against the government for rice payments

[Thait Spot]

This protest proved the farmers need the rice scheme. The rice scheme was sabotaged and obstacles laid to make it difficult to operate and delayed the result. The farmers should instead help the government in rooting up the unscrupulous traders, politicians, irregularities and oppositions of the scheme etc to make the scheme continue to bear fruit of their labor. If the farmers are unhappy with the rice scheme, they can vote the PTP out and bring in the DEM who opposed the scheme. The DEM who made many promises during election campaign but never fulfill them in full.

OMG!!!

You think the opposition has to deliver their manifesto?

I guess there's a reason that those with no grasp of anything gravitate to PT

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[MaxLee]

Soon the rubber farmers will be coming, too... and then the next group of Red shirt populist policy victims...

[winstonc]

a virtually red free cant think why.... ....suphep will be to blame no-doubt..

[rametindallas]

This protest proved the farmers need the rice scheme. The rice scheme was sabotaged and obstacles laid to make it difficult to operate and delayed the result. The farmers should instead help the government in rooting up the unscrupulous traders, politicians, irregularities and oppositions of the scheme etc to make the scheme continue to bear fruit of their labor. If the farmers are unhappy with the rice scheme, they can vote the PTP out and bring in the DEM who opposed the scheme. The DEM who made many promises during election campaign but never fulfill them in full.

Wow! Who told you all this? If you believe what you just wrote, you are not smart enough to have fabricated it yourself. Is this the story they are telling illiterate country people in the NE? The mind boggles at the audacity.

[love1012]

Will these people ever wise up?

These people?? These people are PTP Thaksin grass roots supporters!!

[ratcatcher]

Will these people ever wise up?

These people?? These people are PTP Thaksin grass roots supporters!!

Not much chance then eh?

[seminomadic]

You're gonna get your money, Morrie... you just gotta stop bustin' balls

[salavan]

thailand the HUB of protest

[ggold]

Why are they complaining?

They are going to get paid on the 31st!

Anyway.....please vote for PTP in the next elections.........you are not stupid after all.

Long live corruption and graft, we plan to bankrupt the nation vote PTP!

[Sunderland]

No money, no honey.

Reset button back to the Stone Age.

[ggold]

This protest proved the farmers need the rice scheme. The rice scheme was sabotaged and obstacles laid to make it difficult to operate and delayed the result. The farmers should instead help the government in rooting up the unscrupulous traders, politicians, irregularities and oppositions of the scheme etc to make the scheme continue to bear fruit of their labor. If the farmers are unhappy with the rice scheme, they can vote the PTP out and bring in the DEM who opposed the scheme. The DEM who made many promises during election campaign but never fulfill them in full.

The farmers should instead help the government in rooting up the unscrupulous traders, politicians, irregularities and oppositions of the scheme etc

The DEM who made many promises during election campaign but never fulfill them in full.

that would be PTP then.

Edited January 14, 2014 by metisdead
Bold font removed, please do not make it a habit to post in bold fonts.

[pedro01]

This protest proved the farmers need the rice scheme. The rice scheme was sabotaged and obstacles laid to make it difficult to operate and delayed the result. The farmers should instead help the government in rooting up the unscrupulous traders, politicians, irregularities and oppositions of the scheme etc to make the scheme continue to bear fruit of their labor. If the farmers are unhappy with the rice scheme, they can vote the PTP out and bring in the DEM who opposed the scheme. The DEM who made many promises during election campaign but never fulfill them in full.

Rice farming is a business; like any other it should allow market forces decide who succeeds and fails so that the inefficient and incompetent will move to a more remunerative occupation. Instead,

That is a viewpoint from an capitalistic extreme. Capitalism has many failings. It is not a system that works in all markets.

In this case, we actually need to eat food, and all around the world, farmers are given handouts to do that. US, Europe, Africa - everywhere.

Giving farmers handouts is not the issue. Giving farmers $20 and a bunch of non-producing leeches $80 is the problem.

[petermik]

I hope Yingluck has packed her desert clothes

She can stay with me

[MK1]

It must be the Pandas fault again !

[JesseFrank]

This protest proved the farmers need the rice scheme. The rice scheme was sabotaged and obstacles laid to make it difficult to operate and delayed the result. The farmers should instead help the government in rooting up the unscrupulous traders, politicians, irregularities and oppositions of the scheme etc to make the scheme continue to bear fruit of their labor. If the farmers are unhappy with the rice scheme, they can vote the PTP out and bring in the DEM who opposed the scheme. The DEM who made many promises during election campaign but never fulfill them in full.

Rice farming is a business; like any other it should allow market forces decide who succeeds and fails so that the inefficient and incompetent will move to a more remunerative occupation. Instead,

That is a viewpoint from an capitalistic extreme. Capitalism has many failings. It is not a system that works in all markets.

In this case, we actually need to eat food, and all around the world, farmers are given handouts to do that. US, Europe, Africa - everywhere.

Giving farmers handouts is not the issue. Giving farmers $20 and a bunch of non-producing leeches $80 is the problem.

Giving farmers nothing, as is clear from the OP, and leeches 80$ is the problem.

Especially when those leeches are part of the government.

[djjamie]

Well done PTP for breaking promises against your own supporters now. I understand and accept your disregard for anyone that disagrees with you, but YOUR OWN SUPPORTERS!?

Pichit farmer commits suicide because rice mortgage payment worth 200,000 baht from Yingluck government is 4 months overdue

http://www.tnews.co.th/html/news/79472/สลด!!-ชาวนาพิจิตรเครียดดับ-หลังไม่ได้เงินจำนำข้าวจากรัฐ.html

Come out in force rice farmers. Let the PT know that you have the power to remove them. Don't die for no reason like you did in the 2010 brutal terrorist uprising orcastarted by the paramilitary wing of the PTP.

I beg you rice farmers. Listen and learn from the educated.

[Bkkbound]

Before we get too wound up about the disgruntled farmers, these groups are probably from the northern rice growing areas of Phitsanulok (Dem), Sukothai (tied) and Phichit (Chart T.) I doubt the N.E.boys will squeak.

However, tomorrow is pay day for these guys so we must wait and see if the PTP has deep pockets or just another "kittifib"

has been told.

However their presence in Bangkok won't help PTP or hurt PCAD.

Its much more wide spread, Mukdaharn, Kalsin, Amnat and Ubon all being told different versions of how and when they will be paid. There are debts owed needing to be paid have been missed and already causing strife. This group of people have nothing else, the last thing BKK needs is this lot and the next seasons rice crop delayed.

Edited January 14, 2014 by Bkkbound

[bigbamboo]

I hope Yingluck has packed her desert clothes

Have you ever been to Dubai? It's the most pampered place you can imagine crawling with the world's richest hi-sos living in air conditioned luxury and not a red shirt in sight.

Where else would you expect any champion of the poor to lead his troops from against those millions of elitist hordes from Bangkok and beyond.

Edited January 14, 2014 by bigbamboo

[djjamie]

I hope Yingluck has packed her desert clothes

She can stay with me

You must have internet access, Skype and the ability to look the other way.

If so she will pay rent in the form of 2000 tons of rice a week for 20 years.

[northernjohn]

Economists, scientists, businessmen, judges, lawyers, professors, engineers, social workers, doctors, public servants, consumer advocates, unions, students, tax payers, teachers, academics and now the rice farmers are starting to see the PT for what they truly are. The rice scheme was a great success apparently according to the fanboys. Then they went from 1st to 3rd place rice exporter. Rice farmers didn't care. Fanboys didn't. The PTP never do any wrong. The rest did. Now the money has stopped and the rice farmers are perking up. Stand in line boys. There are many many people before you with grievances as well. When your undemocratic and demagoguery is your poison then expect the current situation to rear its dictatorial head about 2.5 years after coming into power. The day that the Shinawatra's can run a respectable democratic govt will be the day that they tell the truth about the rice scheme. The way things are going the only supporters of the PTP will be about 9 falangs on TV.

They have all ready fritter away a tremendous amount of baht with transferring Federal debts to the BOT and still they find them selves unable to meet the obligations that they set on them selves and are asking the people of Thailand to trust them with another 2.2 trillion baht. Also they have promised to reform the government after they are elected.

What have they done to deserve the support of any one who is not at the trough?

[klauskunkel]

Will these people ever wise up?

you reap what you sow, comes to mind

in Thai: som nam na

[JesseFrank]

Oh oooh

RT @tulsathit: RT @Tulip_Oum: Rice farmers from 5 northern provinces to block Asia Hwy 117 Pitsanulok-Nakornsawan on Jan17.-@NationChannel24

RT @tulsathit: RT @Tulip_Oum: The farmers said last protest was to ask for rice price pledging scheme money. This time is to oust govt.-@NationChannel24

[newermonkey]

They should join up with the PCAD protesters. Can you imagine that Yellow and Red mix? (Orange shirts)

[siampolee]

This is a copy of a post made elsewhere in the T.V.F.

It would certainly seem as if there are even more protesters about to join the anti government movement.

Looks as if the rice growers have yet again been lied to by the puppet government. Now, there's a novelty.

Those Thaksin P.T.P. puppet government promises are indeed having consequences regarding their actions or in this case inaction's.

Promises are only as strong as the person who gives them ...”

[allan michaud]

It could have been an interesting election if the Dems were running as it seems pretty clear PTP are pissing off a lot of their own supporters. I am pretty sure 500 or 1,000 baht to vote for Thaksin is simply not going to be enough in many cases.

[WilliamCave]

Is there any new news today on the farmers blocking the highway ?

Posters in the area see anything because I haven't seen anything on the news. And I trust posters more than the news in Thailsnd

[SouthernMan3]

Why are they complaining?

They are going to get paid on the 31st!

Anyway.....please vote for PTP in the next elections.........you are not stupid after all.

O.K. Mr. Crystal Ball.

Since you know so much.

When am I going to get paid my 2250b./rai for 25 rai that the gov.t promised me and I saw for one month only ?

Yea, vote for them if you want liars as your representatives.

Gotta love "true" democracy........

[SouthernMan3]

Why are they complaining?

They are going to get paid on the 31st!

Anyway.....please vote for PTP in the next elections.........you are not stupid after all.

O.K. Mr. Crystal Ball.

Since you know so much.

When am I going to get paid my 2250b./rai for 25 rai that the gov.t promised me and I saw for one month only ?

Yea, vote for them if you want liars as your representatives.

Gotta love "true" democracy........

P.S.We are rubber farmers if'n ya hadn't figured that out.........

[SICHONSTEVE]

Why are they complaining?

They are going to get paid on the 31st!

Anyway.....please vote for PTP in the next elections.........you are not stupid after all.

What month of what year ?

February 31st... This year...

I doubt that they would notice the aberration and will be desperately waiting until the 31st of February.

Lets face it, they have as much chance of getting it on the 31st February as on the 31st January!!

[laocowboy2]

Why are they complaining?

They are going to get paid on the 31st!

Anyway.....please vote for PTP in the next elections.........you are not stupid after all.

O.K. Mr. Crystal Ball.

Since you know so much.

When am I going to get paid my 2250b./rai for 25 rai that the gov.t promised me and I saw for one month only ?

Yea, vote for them if you want liars as your representatives.

Gotta love "true" democracy........

P.S.We are rubber farmers if'n ya hadn't figured that out.........

Ditto. As far as I know, nobody is being paid the rubber money. And rubber prices continue to be weak.