Over 4 million expected to register as low income earners in new round of registration next month

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The new round of registration for state welfare next month will see more of than four million low-income earners registering, Government Savings Bank president and CEO Chatchai Payuhanaveechai said.

 

The new round of registration will begin April 3-May 15.

 

He also said all low-income earners are required to register for Prompt Pay service as welfare payment will be paid into their bank accounts.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/4-million-expected-register-low-income-earners-new-round-registration-next-month/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-03-16

My  wife has friends that are signing up for this pay out,

and they are far from poor,just hope they have strong

vetting procedures in place ,as the money is going to go

to the wrong people ,

regards worgeordie

Low income earners? dose that includes all the tens of millions who are

not paying taxes in this country? as the statistics has that found that less

than 10% of the adult population in this country are paying any tax...

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Low income earners? dose that includes all the tens of millions who are

not paying taxes in this country? as the statistics has that found that less

than 10% of the adult population in this country are paying any tax...

 

Tax is mainly collected from businesses and purchases via VAT. Depending on your philosophy you may or may not like it.

 

I think it is not only the only workable system in Thailand but also saves building up a huge and expensive tax collecting organisation, that is constantly on the backs of the people who are trying to make a couple of Bahts to rub together.

 

90% of the population do not have to fill in the blasted forms, work out allowances and go through all the other nonsense that the West has imposed, originally to fund wars, but then to fund the State and its small army of self-serving jobsworthies all paying themselves over the top salaries, pensions and benefits, headed by the inept and incompetent politicians.

 

 

When I first arrived here a few years back I felt sorry for the poor people. 

But after a while I realised there is a lot of oppurtunity in Thailand for people if they are not lazy. 

The thing is you don't meet too many of these people as a newbie, because they are busy working. You generally just come across the lazy losers.

 

I tried to help out a few, but they do nothing to help themselves. I think a lot of the "stupid Thais" type comments on this forum are from posters that never moved on from the lazy and or stupid people. So they are surrounded by them all the time.

 

i used to tip these losers all the time, at the petrol pump etc but now I don't because I know they are just lazy frackers.

 

it really is a country, IMO, where the cream can rise to the top, and the sh1t sinks. 

Now I only tip if the service is good (not lazy) or if someone is disabled.

 

 

 

 

14 hours ago, Philthyphil said:

When I first arrived here a few years back I felt sorry for the poor people. 

But after a while I realised there is a lot of oppurtunity in Thailand for people if they are not lazy. 

The thing is you don't meet too many of these people as a newbie, because they are busy working. You generally just come across the lazy losers.

 

I tried to help out a few, but they do nothing to help themselves. I think a lot of the "stupid Thais" type comments on this forum are from posters that never moved on from the lazy and or stupid people. So they are surrounded by them all the time.

 

i used to tip these losers all the time, at the petrol pump etc but now I don't because I know they are just lazy frackers.

 

it really is a country, IMO, where the cream can rise to the top, and the sh1t sinks. 

Now I only tip if the service is good (not lazy) or if someone is disabled.

 

Totally agree.

 

The barriers to setting up a small business and trying it out are very low.

 

In the West the government army of tax, health, employment, building inspectors come around before you even get started. Then the miserable bunch of whinging neighbours complain if they find out you are running a business in a "residential zone".

 

This makes, IMO, the economies of Asia much more resilient than the West.

 

23 hours ago, worgeordie said:

My  wife has friends that are signing up for this pay out,

and they are far from poor,just hope they have strong

vetting procedures in place ,as the money is going to go

to the wrong people ,

regards worgeordie

... don't think we're surprised much here, are we, was to be expected, really.

I sure hope at least 'most' of it does some good to folks who'd really need it ...