All economies benefit from policies that encourage full employment policies (keep in mind that "full employment" is an academic term, not to be confused with a literal definition of all jobs being filled). But it is such a hard sell to an electorate that foreigners being granted legal rights benefits the whole, including those currently classified as citizens who already have the right to work in their country. Naturally, there are potential problems with these kinds of full employment models. There are going to be some shady employers that exploit foreign nationals who are legalized to work. Those peeps will use a foreign workforce to drive down the floor of competitive wages, and, when those individual stories make the headlines, nationals will complain about the policy being detrimental to household incomes. Some a-hole employers will try to take advantage of foreign workers, through playing them less than a national citizen would receive, through a lack of responsible health and safety practices, through inhumane treatment of peoples at the bottom of the economic ladder. Those potential likelihoods make it hard for politicians and lawmakers to want to weather the storm of bad press associated with expanding legal working rights to foreigners. Good post, Choc. We struggle with this problem in Canada as well. From low birthrates in the West necessitating immigration, so that GDP doesn't stagnate, to a-hole employers doing fair practice dirty, it's a tricky needle to thread. Especially so when there is so much nationalism at play in our politics.
2 weeks ago | 0
So Thailand 🇹🇭really got it like that to where it can offer 700K workers from other countries employment
2 weeks ago (edited) | 0
Or wouldn't it be a shame if it turns out like EVERY OTHER time countries have done similar. No place in history has this worked. Good luck thailand.
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All we need to understand economically, is that the more people who do well, means more people are doing well, and more people will do well. Kicking out the migrants creates the opposite of that. Vilifying immigrants in the press is to keep us divided and focuses on the wrong enemy. The real enemies are the oligarchs, the donor class, the people who own the politicians. The one percenters. There are 400 families in the US that control half of the worlds wealth. These are the enemy. Not Jose and Jesus picking avocados in the sun in California. These are hard working amazing people doing jobs nobody from the US wants. The mega rich control the media and tell us who to hate, so we don't start focusing on them.
2 weeks ago | 0
As I read this, in a year's time this means a mass exodus of all of these people who currently hold jobs here, unless further leniency is granted (likely dictated by the state of the labor market then). Seems very pragmatic to me, if the workers accept the bargain.
2 weeks ago | 0
This same strategy is what Thai🇹🇭girls do, help every friend around them financially, and the Thai girl that’s helping all her friends struggling herself
2 weeks ago | 0
Ok, …… so to control these people crossing borders illegally, open your country to them legally for a year ( but u gotta apply within 15 days ) ……. One year of employment 🤔
2 weeks ago | 0
to replace the missing Cambodian labors. Which will be needed soon during upcoming harvest season
2 weeks ago | 0
James Kasino
Hmmm... what a concept. Wouldn't it be crazy if it works? What If the economy improves, if lives are changed instead of disrupted, if jobs are filled that would have otherwise gone vacant. What madness is this?🤔
www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/10/06/thailand-to…
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