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How Thaksin's seized Bt46 billion should be spent



We asked tweetple how Thaksin's seized Bt46 billion should be spent by the state. Here are the suggestions:

@thescratt: Buy Manchester United.

@coldfusionPaul: Buy Phra Viharn back from Hun Sen?

@KhmerYou: Buy Cambodia.

@jadexl: Buy back PTT.

@hinext: Buy back Thaicom.

@JackPrinya: Divide it among each province proportionally by population for microcredit. In Bkk use it to fix drainage.

@khunray: Build a double track rail system to poorest part of Thailand and invest in long-term infrastructure for ongoing investment?

@BenLeigh78: Help small businesses and workers affected by red crisis.

@asaCFC: Buy Montenegro ;-)

@AaronChriste: How bout giving it back to him?

@kanatporn: The money shud b spent on reorganising Thai police dept, the most important justice foundation for Thais.

@SK1688: Use part of the cash to pay Israelis or ex-FBIs to hunt Thaksin, Arisman, Rambo & as goodwill add Hun Sen to the list?

@henly: Give it to the most affected: tourism industry.

@ipiupipiup: Compensate those affected by TS policies like drug war as well as policy corruption.

@LBPLBP: Refund our personal income tax.

@rebel-bay: With our rate of corruption we cannot do much with that money. Maybe lease 2 or 3 buses?

@pondAz: Part of the seized money should be spent on helping farmers, and another part on recovery work after natural disasters.

@apetanque: The seized money should be spent on subsidising the mass transit systems.

@dreamkubd: Repair the road in Soi Nawamin 24, which is being flooded.

@Cake_NBC: Spend the money on helping the poor all over the country and teaching them how to earn a living and make money.

@DeFirenze: The best way is to designate the money as national reserve, in order to strengthen the country's financial status to the level before the economic bubble burst [in 1997].

@ga_me: Set up a fund to promote ethics among politicians.

@aftergrowth: Spend it on leasing NGV-powered buses.

@toangAu: Build Asia's largest orphanage.

@togiab: Spend the money on improving education and suppressing insurgency in the deep South, in order to compensate for many bad things Thaksin did there.

@gundumz: Build three more schools in each district to teach ethics every Sunday, so that children do not grow up clever but corrupt and exploiting society.

@hualookchin: Put the money in investments and spend the returns on public causes.

@NochiPH: Divide the amount with the population of 65 million and deposit the money in state banks under individual accounts. This is to promote saving and start a campaign "Save for the future, no future for the corrupt".

@JerryOu: Why don't we buy Liverpool? Current bid's about 15 billion.

@tuji888: No.... Buy Manchester United....

@mrFex: Let all Thai ppl have a free holiday in England :)

@Chotechai: Hire back Robert Amsterdam.

@ashbee: Allocate some to fund the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

@taprumy: should go to rural project. 1. It used to be his popularity policy 2. Good image 4 govt.

@saoxiengkhouang: How about two Laptops for Every Child?

@GlobalMouthful: Give the money to Mr T on the condition he never comes back. Oh yes and he has to take Newin with him.

@Uneyv: it'll be super ironic if there's corruption in any project that this 46bn'll be used for :p finger crossed that won't happen.

@rebel_bay: share the money among all politicians on condition they leave Thailand for good. At that point we can start anew.

@GlobalMouthful: Divide it up among politicians & ask them to leave politics forever. They r useless anyway.

@veen_nt: gather all bad police and politicians, give them loads of money and ship them to Montenegro. contract signed - never to return.

@BangkokBites: Turn farangs' 90 day & work permit system into paperless one & buy shares in Google Earth to take photo of our frnt doors.

@Tulip_Oum: EQUALLY & EVENLY develop education system and infrastructure (esp mass transportation) thru out the country.

@rascottdotcom: Buy 51% of Tem-asek Holdings! After all they started it!

@Hyperzine: Thai govt should hire Apple's marketing team and rule the world...

@dipankarbarua: Built a huge open-air protest site far away fr Bkk so all colours can take turns using it.

*Editor's note: Our sincere thanks for all your feedback - be it serious, witty or sarcastic - including ones that did not get published. Since the tweets came very thick and fast (and there's also the issue of closing time), we apo-logise if some missed the publication

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