Taffyfromflint Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I know how our friendly PM could make the place much happier. Actually, I could think of quite a few actions or sacrifices he could make. I'm not going to tick the like box but you can gather from this that I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majhiggins Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Wait until the property bubble bursts here. Currently more than 35% of residential property is vacant, yet prices keep going up and up and they keep building completely un-needed properties that people buy as investments, despite the fact that very few Thais could afford to actually buy these over-inflated homes to live in. The banks, meanwhile list the property loans at full loan value as assetts. In the USA, a housing crisis is generally defined as 6% of housing vacant for over 6 months. Here houses sometimes take years to sell. What happens when this inconvenient truth comes to light? Well, most of the banks fail and literally millions if Thais whose income it directly or indirectly tied to the construction industry are suddenly unemployed and unemployable. Nothing makes an economic climate go from fat dumb and happy to near violent panic like a huge swathe of the workforce suddenly becoming unemployed. If you don't think such a radical turnaround could happen in the land of smiles, just study-up a bit on our closest, both geographically and culturally, neighboring countries, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. This place is a powder keg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 watching the photo I ask myself: what kind of drugs he got in his glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 From a social standpoint more happy then in the west The West is still happy while under states of emergency... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Without wishing to spoil the party on Thai bashing on unemployment if you took the time to have a look around Rayong you would find literally 1,000s of jobs available for unskilled workers who are prepared to work/ Just spend a day at Samuthsakorn immigration. where 1,000s of Burmese are filling places in factories & are reporting there (& thats only the legally employed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPB65 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 It's quite obvious what is going on here, the Luk-Thep dolls are making everyone happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Actually, compared to most of the world the Thai people do seem to be quite content and happy. Certainly seem happier than the teenagers/twentysomethings down the main street in my "home town" in the UK who seem more intent on finding a reason to kick each others heads in on a weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 If they only knew how deep in debt households really are.... They know, that's where they want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Wait until the property bubble bursts here. Currently more than 35% of residential property is vacant, yet prices keep going up and up and they keep building completely un-needed properties that people buy as investments, despite the fact that very few Thais could afford to actually buy these over-inflated homes to live in. The banks, meanwhile list the property loans at full loan value as assetts. In the USA, a housing crisis is generally defined as 6% of housing vacant for over 6 months. Here houses sometimes take years to sell. What happens when this inconvenient truth comes to light? Well, most of the banks fail and literally millions if Thais whose income it directly or indirectly tied to the construction industry are suddenly unemployed and unemployable. Nothing makes an economic climate go from fat dumb and happy to near violent panic like a huge swathe of the workforce suddenly becoming unemployed. If you don't think such a radical turnaround could happen in the land of smiles, just study-up a bit on our closest, both geographically and culturally, neighboring countries, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. This place is a powder keg! Where's your link to support your 35% figure, personally I think it's miles off being accurate. As for a property crash in Thailand, you're new here I can tell, prices here never crash, despite tanks on the streets, armed insurrection and a falling GDP, never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Sorry Chiang mai but you are talking a lot of crock shit. The only banks that have gone bust here are those that are are affiliated with US or Euro banks who overstretched themselves as the do in the US. The balance sheets of the big 6 Thai banks would rank in the top 5% of banks in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobb Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 How many Thais would really drink with him on this economy index. Only the government worker and his appoint police and military appointment. Farmers and no other workers can see his happiest actions. A bad jesture for a man who no one believes in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Sorry Chiang mai but you are talking a lot of crock shit. The only banks that have gone bust here are those that are are affiliated with US or Euro banks who overstretched themselves as the do in the US. The balance sheets of the big 6 Thai banks would rank in the top 5% of banks in the world I don't know what you think you've read that you think I wrote but I happen to think also that Thai banks are, for the most part, extremely safe. So tell me, what's a load of crock s**t? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockingJay Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I remember some other country recently stating that 99% of their citizens were superhappy... damn, can't remember the name, Nostralia... Northcocooria, somethin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Sorry Chiang mai but you are talking a lot of crock shit. The only banks that have gone bust here are those that are are affiliated with US or Euro banks who overstretched themselves as the do in the US. The balance sheets of the big 6 Thai banks would rank in the top 5% of banks in the world I don't know what you think you've read that you think I wrote but I happen to think also that Thai banks are, for the most part, extremely safe. So tell me, what's a load of crock s**t? Bump NW, you've been called! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaalle Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 This has probably been mentioned already but it seems to me a lot of thai people genuinely live in the now, and thats what most professional "happiness gurus" say is the utlimate key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 How many Thais were surveyed for their opinion?Just the normal 1,300 who consist of junta members and thier families Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piersbeckett Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) This has probably been mentioned already but it seems to me a lot of thai people genuinely live in the now, and thats what most professional "happiness gurus" say is the utlimate key. I agree but I'd say, 'the here and now'; I don't imagine a lot of Thai people worry too much about stuff that's going on in other parts of the world. Edited February 6, 2016 by piersbeckett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johpa Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 It wasn't based on survey data. Instead, it was calculated by adding a country's jobless rate and inflation. I doubt that. More likely a small group from Bloomberg's visited Bangkok and were literally blown and then blown away again by all the happiness they encountered at the bars at Nana and Cowboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreanoOzzie Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Judging from expat comments on Thaivisa, the most unhappy people in Thailand are the farangs. Lol well said. Though you are all immigrants, not expats. Edited February 6, 2016 by CoreanoOzzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCFC Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 "The index was compiled by surveying economists" Somehow I think my idea of happiness and an economist's might be somewhat different. Probably the economists working at NIDA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 This falls in the same category with those surveys which tell us that the best place where to live in the whole world is Zurich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooinekrsa Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hi guys, have a problem. wife was accused of humane trafficane 8 years ago took two years to go to court our thai visa lawyer drilled a new hole into the " victims"story wife was let go but prosecutor wants money what do you say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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