Thread: Rubber Farmers Feel Betrayed By NCPO

Did Yinglick's govt. buy rubber and rice to help the farmers or to punish/force-out-of-business the establishment middle men? Making a certain Dubai business man the rice and rubber broker?

Originally Posted by zygote1

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Did Yinglick's govt. buy rubber and rice to help the farmers or to punish/force-out-of-business the establishment middle men? Making a certain Dubai business man the rice and rubber broker?

No. It's simpler than that. As you recall our wonderful thugs from Suthep's powerbase of Surat Thani took the roads blockading them and running amuck. They were jealous over the support for the rice farmers and wanted their turn at the trough. Suthep encouraged them to engage in civil disorder. In plain language, they extorted the previous government which had no army with which to suppress the mayhem. Now that the army is in, they won't bend to blackmail.

I believe many are missing the bigger picture.
It really doesn't matter as to what ruling entity is in power - as they're, more or less all cut from the same cloth.

Government needs to stay out of the business of controlling farmers.