rooster59 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 PM pushes for cost of living to be reduced Praphorn Praphornkul BANGKOK (NNT) - The Prime Minister has asked his economics team to instigate tax measures and cut daily living costs for most groups. The Minister of Finance has declined to speculate on whether or not parameters for Rao Chana will be changed. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha posted to his personal Facebook page, saying he has discussed tax measures and cuts to daily living costs for different groups and businesses. Approaches considered include changes to taxation of property and buildings, and residential structure registration, as well as an extension to income tax filing. Suggested courses of action are to be proposed to Cabinet next week. The PM asked for confidence among the public that the government is looking into all possible ways to provide aid, elaborating that there are plans to both reduce costs and increase income. He pointed out that the Rao Chana and co-pay schemes have been achieving positive results, before wishing good health to the people and the nation. Following the premier’s discussion with the economic team, Minister of Finance Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, met with the media but declined to discuss whether or not parameters for the Rao Chana program, which provides 3,500 baht in aid over the course of two months to citizens, will be changed, in particular if distribution will be changed to cash payments from electronic transfers. He remarked only that Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow had already made a statement on the matter. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-01-24 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, rooster59 said: The PM asked for confidence among the public that the government is looking into all possible ways to provide aid Use some of the Foreign Reserve money, stop the big expenditure projects that are lining your pockets, and return true happiness to the people by giving them money to live their lives daily instead of just meal to meal. Families do have housing expenditures outside of just food. Yes they need food, but if they become homeless then how exactly did you help your people PM Chan Ocha. 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, rooster59 said: The PM asked for confidence among the public that the government is looking into all possible ways to provide aid wait till you see how this turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 38 minutes ago, rooster59 said: The Prime Minister has asked his economics team to instigate tax measures Ah, the unemployed don't pay tax, they just want food for themselves and their families! But that would be totally beyond the PM's comprehension, the trough remains healthy! 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 Give him a break lads...the PM`s doing his best 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Use some of the Foreign Reserve money, stop the big expenditure projects that are lining your pockets, and return true happiness to the people by giving them money to live their lives daily instead of just meal to meal. Families do have housing expenditures outside of just food. Yes they need food, but if they become homeless then how exactly did you help your people PM Chan Ocha. IMHO he has helped so many Thai people to the maximum extent of his ability. This is not saying much, but it is an indicator of his ability, and is a good reason to quit and take all his government and vastly overpaid senators with him. 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 He has had a rummage in his pockets but only produced some fluff next up the the the back of the sofa to help those who got nothing ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidpoo Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 thats not how markets work LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke1959 Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 Reduce costs of living?? Give the people a job .. there is a lot of work to do in the whole country.. Clean the banks of the rivers, repair traffic lights, collect the rubbish everywhere, start with the electricity cables in the ground and so on... Income will have much better effect than reduce costs of living 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emdog Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 The rife corruption is like an invisible tax that seems to permeate everything bought sold whatever here. What percentage goes to graft and kickbacks? 5%? 10%? .. besides leaving little that goes to actual presumed usage. Dept of Education a prime example. Trickle down model if ever was one 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2530Ubon Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: He pointed out that the Rao Chana and co-pay schemes have been achieving positive results, So positive that they're full 10 minutes after opening registration. If folks are so desperate to sign up for something on time in Thailand, then you know there's a very deep rooted problem. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecritic Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 49 minutes ago, Emdog said: The rife corruption is like an invisible tax that seems to permeate everything bought sold whatever here. What percentage goes to graft and kickbacks? 5%? 10%? .. besides leaving little that goes to actual presumed usage. Dept of Education a prime example. Trickle down model if ever was one Would love to see who takes the first step in putting ugly cables underground the city looks outdated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, Thecritic said: Would love to see who takes the first step in putting ugly cables underground the city looks outdated. They started a program for that a year or so ago. It lasted about two or three months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bloodyholly Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 Want to cut the cost of living? Start by requesting those people at the top of the heap that own convenience stores/trade warehouses/pork producers etc to reduce the price of their products to pre COVID days. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Can we start with import taxes on food we expats like. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andycoops Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 Fed up with this t**t always telling people to do this and that ( have confidence, be happy etc) while he sits around doing nothing, apart from reneging on all his promises of 7 years ago. But then snouts in the trough is too much to give up. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglasspade Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Sure this has to do with the World Bank report 2 days ago indicated that 1.5m people in Thailand are bordering the poverty line after Covid-19 hit. story here: 1.5 million Thais approaching poverty line If managing tax cuts for daily living cost is an answer to that, it proves how disconnected he is to the poor people of Thailand. Sad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robin Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 PM Prayuth has never had to earn his living, and he does not do so now. He has no economics training or knowledge. So long as the army and his backers get their money, they are happy and so is Prayuth. So what hope for Thailand? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overt2016 Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Use some of the Foreign Reserve money, stop the big expenditure projects that are lining your pockets, and return true happiness to the people by giving them money to live their lives daily instead of just meal to meal. Families do have housing expenditures outside of just food. Yes they need food, but if they become homeless then how exactly did you help your people PM Chan Ocha. They don't need submarines and rockets to the moon. They need a government that delivers on it's promises. Let them have one of those con- fabs they love to shout about where somchai or somying can put in their 2 Bahts word without the elite demeaning it. BTW I have NO empathy with the self proclaimed elite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 7 hours ago, rooster59 said: PM pushes for cost of living to be reduced Everything in my area seems to be creeping up in price? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 7 hours ago, rooster59 said: PM pushes for cost of living to be reduced he's joking, right? ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 What about giving cost of living pay increases at least to government workers every year as I have friends that have not had a increase in pay in 10 years. Hopefully the public sector will follow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Emdog said: The rife corruption is like an invisible tax that seems to permeate everything bought sold whatever here. What percentage goes to graft and kickbacks? 5%? 10%? .. besides leaving little that goes to actual presumed usage. Dept of Education a prime example. Trickle down model if ever was one Try looking at 30% or more. There was an accident yesterday at Nakhon Ratchasima where 1 Thai and 9 working aliens were injured whilst building a flyover. They were pouring concrete when the scaffolding collapsed. Somebody must have taken more than 30% as usually things manage to get built before they need repairing. It was in the Bangkok Post Khmertimes DailyAdvent ethainews and even in the Nation. https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401696?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral quote from the Nation "Investigation into the cause of the accident revealed that the scaffoldings were old, and they collapsed as they could not bear the weight of cement." Edited January 24, 2021 by billd766 Added link 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 There are so many things that could be done. put a freeze on migrant construction workers institute a training plan for Thais that actually teaches them a trade cost of living allowances for government employees and police immediately fire any corrupt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LittleBear57 Posted January 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2021 I would like to see any tax on food stopped. There is no real competition for food prices the supermarkets seem to get together to arrange pricing. Looking at what is charged they must be making huge profits. Wages, fuel costs here are much cheaper than Europe but many things are more expensive and not just imported goods. Picked a jar of Tesco's own brand pasta sauce it was double what you would pay in the UK I thought that will be tax and shipments cost making it more expensive, then noticed it was made in Thailand. How can the price be justified. Many more examples on the shelves. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 This sounds like a 'Free beer tomorrow' campaign. Is there an election due? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brianthainess Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 Stop spending/wasting tax payers money on toys for the boys, stop handing out money to one of the richest men in the world, stop corruption of your cronies, stop handing out money to NOB, and TAT, stop all those useless committees, stop flaunting yours and others huge wealth, Just STOP. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 and just what does this unelected "PM" plan to do? The same as the findings he was supposed to look into about the corruption involved in getting the illegal Burmese workers in to Thailand without being quarantined and spreading a new wave of covid19 over the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:03 AM, mr mr said: wait till you see how this turns out. I think we all know already, apart from a deluded few. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoshowJones Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 23 hours ago, petermik said: Give him a break lads...the PM`s doing his best Yes we know, doing his best at lining the pockets of himself and his soldiers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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