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Originally posted by taxwonk
tipped the cy
So, what you're saying is that, as a foreigner who only participates in the economic activity if the ruling elite, you understand how the economy affects the poor. Or did you comfort yourself with the knowledge that you always tipped the cyclo driver more than he usually made in a week, so things must be getting better?
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Are you actually telling me that the people of Thailand are worse off today than they were twenty years ago? The funny thing is when I first went to Thailand there were "cyclo drivers" all over the place. Now they all are driving motorized vehicles. Every analysis of development of Thailand I have ever seen shows that every sector of the societies PCI has increased significantly since 1975. If Thailand chose the wrong economic policies, which country should it have emulated? Vietnam? Cuba? Burma? Laos? Where are these countries that resisted "American Imperialism" that are doing so well?
