Popular Post tommy dee Posted May 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2020 what its really like here. well the attached video is our second in a series. the next one is in the can just got to finish it all up, and it takes ages but the foodlines are getting bigger now. most see up to 700 a day. I have always said that 10% would be on the take, but the 90% are broke. and its getting worse and worse. openign amusement parks, malls and hair salons doesnt do this lot much good at all, and employers wont be keen to re open, even bars, unless they already had an expat trade. latest guesstimate is we might see SOME tourism towards the end of the year but even thats only a guess and a carrot. 3 bars in LK Metro now give out meals at different times too. Lady love, as an example, cooked for 2=300 and had a 700 person queue. so they like others go along the queue handing out raffle tickets, when they get to the number of meals they have, they tell the queue and they leave, withe longest of faces. I think I am the most sceptical of people, and so it was only when we went to these places around the city that it really sunk in. it would shock you. seriosuly. the next vid is even more troubling, and the musicians who gave us their song for it will be a surprise too. Meanwhile, pls check out this one.. its a taster of things as they are 6 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Society with a large part of the population in the informal job sector, and with no government social safety net. Similar here. Edited May 10, 2020 by Thai Spice 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Here's another perspective on how many people are waiting in food lines. On today's bike ride I came across bars on the corner of Nakula & Soi 33 getting set up for distributing free food. The blue line in the screenshot below shows the start and end point of the line when I passed by. The line is 1/2 km long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 GF and I are in the Philippines, a much poorer country. Her family in Manila received 8k pesos each month from the government and as well as the cash the local Barangays are distributing food parcels every week. Same here in Angeles. I have no doubt some is creamed off by the politicans but it is getting thru 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPK Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, joker said: There's something very wrong here - why are the government not feeding the people? They have literally unlimited money, this is a deliberate choice. Great work by the way! Especially when you read about the billions getting spent bailing out Thai airways, yet you see videos of people starving lining up for free food. Edited May 10, 2020 by JPK 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 2 hours ago, joker said: There's something very wrong here - why are the government not feeding the people? They have literally unlimited money, this is a deliberate choice. Great work by the way! 51 minutes ago, JPK said: Especially when you read about the billions getting spent bailing out Thai airways, yet you see videos of people starving lining up for free food. Spot on. There is the real problem. And what are the famous "big five" doing ? Unlimited money for planes, tanks and subs.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Thai Spice said: Spot on. There is the real problem. And what are the famous "big five" doing ? Unlimited money for planes, tanks and subs.... Probably the same as 99% of the rest of the world's super rich, whatever they want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Yeah this is sad for sure and a real reality wake up call for many. Wife had her brother take 30k baht from her bank account and give it to some local food bank. I think for most of us who have been around awhile, the haves and the have nots have been on this planet for many years now.....100 years from now, it will be the same. Puts into perspective what sometimes we take for granted. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc2007 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Thailand is recording few new infections and no new deaths on a daily basis now. Yet the people are being crucified under a lockdown. No doubt it is politically motivated as political protests against the current regime were growing in number prior to covid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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