Easy to bounce around with our tax money

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Easy to bounce around with our tax money

Published: 12 Nov 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The odd surprise or two from politicians really do make Thailand look like a country where there's never a dull moment. The sad thing, though, is that those surprises always end up with taxpayers' money being washed down the drain.

There are two current cases that fit the bill: one is down south and the other right in the environs of the capital.

The southern surprise involves the troubled province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, which has been selected to host the first "rubber road". It is 19km long, passing through the three districts of Thung Song, Thung Yai and Bang Chan.

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bkposter
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Discussion 5 : 12 Nov 2012 at 07.055
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neither the rubber road nor the unsafe stadium were necessary to the country. both are monuments of stupidity and wastefulness. The country has many pressing infrastructure projects in need of funding to go forward. Such is the state of politics....and politicians.
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Discussion 4 : 12 Nov 2012 at 06.454
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Talking about white elephants paid by taxpayers, the Chakri Naruebet aircraft carrier which does not have any aircraft springs to mind.

Interestingly, the Royal navy's ensign is a white elephant. Coincident?
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Discussion 3 : 12 Nov 2012 at 06.423
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Can I play please.
I can do anything with somebody elses money, maybe I could even get rich on it.
Many other people have.
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Discussion 2 : 12 Nov 2012 at 04.472
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"Ground tire rubber can be blended with asphalt to beneficially modify the properties of the asphalt in highway construction...Asphalt rubber is the largest single market for ground rubber, consuming an estimated 220 million pounds...California and Arizona use the most asphalt rubber in highway construction..." - US Environmental Protection Agency, July 24, 2012
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Discussion 1 : 12 Nov 2012 at 03.591
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"The red-shirt leader kicked off his pet project on Oct 19 when he was still deputy agriculture and cooperatives minister. Less than a week later he was moved to the post of deputy commerce minister and nobody has talked about that road since, including Mr Nattawut."

Since when do red shirt politicians care about the South? Unless of course it puts a few million baht in your pocket!
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