Happyman58 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Just now, tracker1 said: I suggest another poem is in order ! Or maybe a song Like "Little old wine drinker me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 4 hours ago, smedly said: well my interpretation of this news topic is a steep rise in tax on drink to pay for the huge defence budget that they cannot afford or need within the next 2 months expect a huge rise in alcohol tax and I mean huge, and like the last rise on cigs that was supposed to be a few % was in reality more like 40% They really are going to kill tourism in Thailand because they want to buy submarines you heard it here first many people that I know used to come here for holiday 2-3 times a year are already going elsewhere because they feel they are now being ripped off - couple that with the exchange rates and Thailand can say goodbye to its biggest export business .... tourism they really need to think this through I think we all know the only thing that Thais will take note of, is money out of their pockets....agree that we'll see tax rises shortly on booze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 4 hours ago, smedly said: well my interpretation of this news topic is a steep rise in tax on drink to pay for the huge defence budget that they cannot afford or need within the next 2 months expect a huge rise in alcohol tax and I mean huge, and like the last rise on cigs that was supposed to be a few % was in reality more like 40% They really are going to kill tourism in Thailand because they want to buy submarines you heard it here first many people that I know used to come here for holiday 2-3 times a year are already going elsewhere because they feel they are now being ripped off - couple that with the exchange rates and Thailand can say goodbye to its biggest export business .... tourism they really need to think this through I believe that Thailand's biggest export business is seafood. Despite reports of slave labour being used. I once read that tourism, an IMPORT if you like, is way below 10 percent of GDP so they really don't care much about that - as they repeatedly prove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Suggest first step is to stop all the unlicensed street cart vendors setting up "booze bars" after hours all along Sukhumvit from Soi 3 up to Asoke where they sell until 6am with no toilets & no control. But I suppose the BIB make some money out of it so that was a silly idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 minute ago, natway09 said: Suggest first step is to stop all the unlicensed street cart vendors setting up "booze bars" after hours all along Sukhumvit from Soi 3 up to Asoke where they sell until 6am with no toilets & no control. But I suppose the BIB make some money out of it so that was a silly idea Yeah u might as well tell that idea to a stray dog Nobody will listen to that where money is involved but its a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) Yup stop drinking and jingle-jangle those amulets instead Edited July 10, 2017 by LannaGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Well as W. C. Fields famously said one time in a movie when a man tried to insult him by calling him a drunk - "Yes I am. And you sir are crazy. And tomorrow morning when I wake up I will be sober, but you'll still be crazy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Does this mean Thai's should not offer Buddha booze? On a typical day he gets a lot of shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowisee Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 It's hard enough to put down piss tasting thai beer as it is.... crank up the price and it's definitely not worth it. That's what long trips out of LOS are for...not too mention talking with happy friendly people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Those who choose to drink during this time both Thai and Foreigners will pau an extra B50 per can of beer. Money used to help treat the drunks and junkies in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 You mean not selling it from 2-5PM does not help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpharma Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Must be disappointing not being The Number 1 this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 6 hours ago, smedly said: well my interpretation of this news topic is a steep rise in tax on drink to pay for the huge defence budget that they cannot afford or need within the next 2 months expect a huge rise in alcohol tax and I mean huge, and like the last rise on cigs that was supposed to be a few % was in reality more like 40% They really are going to kill tourism in Thailand because they want to buy submarines you heard it here first many people that I know used to come here for holiday 2-3 times a year are already going elsewhere because they feel they are now being ripped off - couple that with the exchange rates and Thailand can say goodbye to its biggest export business .... tourism they really need to think this through who the hell needs all those drunkards as you mentioned??? And cigarettes are still too cheap. 300 Baht or more/box would be a good way to stop that sickening attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 That Rule supermarkets cannot sell beer between 2-5 What a stupid rule when you can drive down the street and buy any alcohol anywhere u want Can someone tell me what the purpose of this rule is? It dont stop anyone from buying alcohol does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 8 hours ago, webfact said: It has also been reported that the number of new drinkers aged 15-19 has risen by 4.96 per cent a year. I'm impressed. How do they know the percentage, to two decimal places, for something that in itself is illegal in Thailand? Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 7 hours ago, smedly said: well my interpretation of this news topic is a steep rise in tax on drink to pay for the huge defence budget that they cannot afford or need within the next 2 months expect a huge rise in alcohol tax and I mean huge, and like the last rise on cigs that was supposed to be a few % was in reality more like 40% They really are going to kill tourism in Thailand because they want to buy submarines you heard it here first many people that I know used to come here for holiday 2-3 times a year are already going elsewhere because they feel they are now being ripped off - couple that with the exchange rates and Thailand can say goodbye to its biggest export business .... tourism they really need to think this through Probably right Smedly. They can trot out the "health experts", point to how other countries try to control consumption with taxes, point to how other countries are discussing fixing minimum prices to stop cheap booze being too available - and all for the nations health of course! All about the money - all that extra tax revenue. Thais won't stop drinking, nor will anyone else. But, the cheap charlie, sex'n cheap whore tourists will go somewhere else. But that fits in with the plans for high class high spending tourists. A smaller tourist market, but higher profits, from "socially acceptable activities" - and of course controlled by the right people. Always some positives but also some negatives, and, as in most countries, it will be the poor, working class who get mainly negatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, sawadee1947 said: who the hell needs all those drunkards as you mentioned??? Breweries, Distilleries and the Taxman? Edited July 10, 2017 by baboon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yann55 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 5 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: I believe that Thailand's biggest export business is seafood. Despite reports of slave labour being used. I once read that tourism, an IMPORT if you like, is way below 10 percent of GDP so they really don't care much about that - as they repeatedly prove. Many posters on TVF take for granted that the impact of Tourism on Thai economy is huge and sometimes think that it's Thailand first source of income. Well, it's not. It isn't negligible either, but figures are always more interesting than wild assumptions. Source : World Travel & Tourism Council (thank you) : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen tracy Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Quote As always... speak first, think later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Quote It also boosted the participants' physical health (80.5 per cent), promoted their mental health (50.2 per cent), Fantastic! Stop drinking and boost your physical health by 80.5%. Wow Thais could enter a lot of athletes at the Olympic games. Mental health by 50%. We could get e reasonably decent police force. Where do they get these figures from???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 9 hours ago, Thechook said: 2017. Who Drinks The Most? - Alcohol Consumption By Country Thailand does even make the top 25. Top 5 phewie, blowing own trumpet again. Bit disappointed at the Team Aussie barely making it to number 22, we were champions once. http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/who-drinks-the-most-alcohol-consumption-by-country.html These worrying figures set me agoogling too! thailand repetitively comes in at 70 something... quite average really... but it looks like I'm going to have to move back to Australia, as that "22" is a pretty poor performance "champions once" indeed.... cmon aussi... we can do it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, baboon said: Breweries, Distilleries and the Taxman? Nonsense. And who will pay the bill when it comes to hospital treatments or accidents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said: Nonsense. And who will pay the bill when it comes to hospital treatments or accidents? Ah... more people who rely on alcohol... doctors, nurses, shrinks etc.... the list be long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Yann55 said: Many posters on TVF take for granted that the impact of Tourism on Thai economy is huge and sometimes think that it's Thailand first source of income. Well, it's not. It isn't negligible either, but figures are always more interesting than wild assumptions. Source : World Travel & Tourism Council (thank you) : Thai tourism claims that tourism brings as much money as the highest GDP earner ( electrical goods).... numbers like 70 million usd annually cannot be ignored... so if not number one, then it's number two on the list... ergo, a huge factor For me, there are too many surveys to reference, and I know TAT isn't that reliable, so undoubtedly, if one looks hard enough, a brighter picture may emerge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyang wah Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Yep that'll do it. You should have just said that when you took power and saved Thais from years of alcohol abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said: Nonsense. And who will pay the bill when it comes to hospital treatments or accidents? The same people who pay for hospital treatments for those whose crap diet catches up with them or for fitness and sports fanatics and their related injuries? What was "Nonsense" about saying Breweries, Distilleries and the Taxman need drinkers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Personally I find that drinking makes me a happier person, though I never drink as much as some thinkle peep ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guest Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Well if that was the case, why didn't he just announce huge tax increases for alcohol ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandito Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 18 hours ago, fxe1200 said: ..the statistics do not reflect the consumption of (Charlie's) Moonshine or Hembränt (Sweden) or the locally made Kao Lao, which comes in my case directly from the provincial capital at a rate of 70% and is diluted locally with honey, fruit juice and others. Su much to the statistics. Here is an interesting reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_by_country WOW! A real eye opener. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 15 hours ago, baboon said: The same people who pay for hospital treatments for those whose crap diet catches up with them or for fitness and sports fanatics and their related injuries? What was "Nonsense" about saying Breweries, Distilleries and the Taxman need drinkers? silly answer. Then you could ask even who gets a benefit of drug dealing? I will explain. Hopefully you are able to follow.....: You mentioned breweries? They make money by pushing people into addiction. And this addiction cost money for treatment. But there is another aspect: Under influence of alcohol you jeopardize your family, your child or your neighbor. Or even cause fatal accidents. Same with other drugs. If you cannot understand please don't answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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