The situation in Thailand reminds me the old saying - be careful what you ask for can only get. In September 2006, Thailand went through a military coup. The military demanded the prime minister asked to resign. After the coup, examines the provisional government of ousted prime minister and tasked him with many things, above all, an abuse of his position as PM, leading to a huge increase akin to lead his family and his personal wealth.
I had theFortunately, from shortly before another expat is sitting next to on my travels Thailand, he from the UK and me from the U.S.. He lived in Thailand outside Bangkok and my life in Bangkok. We had a discussion about ousted PM Taskin. He stated that he believed Taskin has great things for Thailand, giving more money to people who live outside Bangkok. I think Ex-Premier Taskin done things and money to people who can provide outside Bangkok. However, the amount of wealth distributed inthese areas is outlined very small to enormous personal wealth of ex-Premier Taskin and his family over.
In a capitalist economy, the wealth is distributed through the competition. Basically, if some of the people who wanted the person / company that can make the article better and cheaper will sell more, gaining wealth. The company produces more of these terms and hire more people. These people spend their money on food and things they want and the economy is humming along. Ifnormal competition will be disturbed by governments, the distribution of wealth and abundance tends to wrong in the hands of the few to remain in power. We have all the countries in which the upper class grows unusually large and the middle class grows small and the lower classes is huge too.
Ex-PM Taskin used his political power and turned it into wealth for him and his friends. His political power came from his campaign to make people outside of Bangkok which led to his promisesChoice. So while he was PM, he had to make it appear that the people benefited in these areas. But they have it? Well, yes and no. Yes, they benefited directly by decreased taxes or a new blanket or some of these items. However, the amount distributed to wealth to the people is very small compared to the enormous amount of wealth, to his friends and family instead of going his way by unimpeded economic forces.
Well, a little more than a year later after the coup, thereor political turmoil in Thailand. The new, democratically elected prime minister has the ex-PM back in the country invited. There are many questions that can govern themselves about the ability of the current Prime Minister ability to:
It is a question of the validity of the elections that set the current PM into office;
It is a question of his ability to remember past important events, and
It is a question about his ability to dowith Thailand's neighboring countries and their human rights violations.
Now the old PM Thailand has returned and pleaded not guilty to the charges of abuse of power. I can almost feel the Thai people a great width, waiting to see what happens. I originally came to Thailand because it feels like space to live a safer and the people are polite and friendly. I can only hope that will continue.
