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bigbamboo, on 2012-03-21 20:42:31, said:

American politicians are pretty bad but I'm glad they're no where near as bad as Thailand.  The corruption cases Americans get caught in would just be laughed in Thailand as they are so minor and involve such small of money.  I remember that congressman from Louisiana caught with $100,000 in bribe money in freezer, a huge deal in America but that is so little here no one would have cared.  Here the cases involved millions, hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars and even then no one is ever punished for it.  And the whole time they are stealing, they are lowering their own taxes all while bleating about how they are fighting for the poor.

taninthai, on 2010-09-14 11:17:19, said:

Agree.  That was my point several pages back.  I don't know the OP--he could be a stand-up guy.  I also don't know his wife.  She could be the second coming of Mother Teresa.  But many on this forum will hastily jump on the bandwagon as soon as anyone even hints that "Thais bad," "farangs good."  The OP has revealed his side of the story and obviously, it's going to be biased.  But he has stated that the financial arrangement he had was really there to protect him and him alone.  From his wife's vantage point, he could decide to trade her in for a 19-year old hardbody years from now and she would be left with essentially nothing.  And this after living a lifestyle for which she has become accustomed (thanks to the OP).  I guess payback's a b*tch.