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**smirnoffdear** · 09-22-2012, 03:21 AM

Hmmm... back to the original topic:

Certainly, it would be nice if Thailand could afford to be the same indiscriminatory "melting pot" nation that the US fancies itself to be - but it simply doesn't have the resources to sustain a large number of foreign people who are not beneficial to the country but are only there to consume its resources.

I think the Thai government's purpose with the stricter immigration laws is to weed out the freeloaders... so at the end, if only foreigners with skills, talents or money that benefit Thailand are admitted to live there... that's just the way it is. It's not a unique phenomenon anyway; it has a predecessor in a US-policy that is called the "brain-drain".

Also... I think one of the American presidents said something like "Don't ask what the country can do for you, but what you can do for the country" or something like that. I don't remember it verbatim.

Whether the Thai government is right or wrong about the stricter immigration laws is up for interpretation...

Quote[/b] ]I am sure they are doing the best they can and everyone will not agree that what they are doing is best. That is just the way things are. IMHO

I agree.

09-22-2012, 03:21 AM	#39
smirnoffdear Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	Hmmm... back to the original topic: Certainly, it would be nice if Thailand could afford to be the same indiscriminatory "melting pot" nation that the US fancies itself to be - but it simply doesn't have the resources to sustain a large number of foreign people who are not beneficial to the country but are only there to consume its resources. I think the Thai government's purpose with the stricter immigration laws is to weed out the freeloaders... so at the end, if only foreigners with skills, talents or money that benefit Thailand are admitted to live there... that's just the way it is. It's not a unique phenomenon anyway; it has a predecessor in a US-policy that is called the "brain-drain". Also... I think one of the American presidents said something like "Don't ask what the country can do for you, but what you can do for the country" or something like that. I don't remember it verbatim. Whether the Thai government is right or wrong about the stricter immigration laws is up for interpretation... Quote[/b] ]I am sure they are doing the best they can and everyone will not agree that what they are doing is best. That is just the way things are. IMHO I agree.
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