Posted on 06/28/2009 2:54:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
By: BangkokPost.com Published: 28/06/2009 at 12:02 PM A latest survey reveals that many Thai people would accept a crooked government if it can make the country prosper and raise their standard of living.
The Abac Poll Research Centre conducted a survey on people's well-being, involving 1,228 households in 17 provinces nationwide.
84.5 per cent viewed that corruption in businesses would not be unusual and 51.2 per cent said they would tolerate a corrupted government if it can improve the country and their well-being.
73.9 per cent agreed that living self-sufficiently can help ease the economic crisis.
On the continuing border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, 84.6 per cent wanted both sides to negotiate peacefully and jointly improve the regional economy. 4.8 per cent wanted either side to use force to solve the problem.
52.9 per cent supported the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's anti-government rallies under the condition that they must be held peacefully.
16.3 per cent said they would support the UDD unconditionally. 21.1 per cent opposed the group.
Apparently, they have taken to heart the ‘something is better than nothing’ mantra....
Do you prefer an evil genius as leader or a dumb honest person?
Almost exactly the same percentage of Americans who voted for a corrupt government that will destroy our country and well-being.
Just like the USA
but obama falls under the dumb and corrupt category. He doesn’t understand how to improve the country’s economy.
You are being very generous in assuming the take-down isn’t deliberate.
Yeap, and it's work out for them (and us) about as well as one would expect.
People need just a few things from government, reasonable (enforced) laws, protection from attack by others, very little else. Unfortunately, they always want to provide much more, and many people are fools enough to want more. Most governments reach the point where they cause more harm than good.
Obama voters!
WEll, considering how corrupt our government is and how we’ve been living ofr the past twenty years, surely they see this and don’t mind a corrupt government.
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