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Quote from: Darker45 on January 01, 2023, 01:14:46 PM

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If you are living in a country where the soil is not barren and does not have winter like Thailand, you're all gonna be fine compared to those people who will have to keep storing supplies for winter. The worst-case scenario for us during this economic recession is that you end up being homeless which many have been there already. Today we may struggle to pay our bills or to afford basic necessities like mentioned Onions.

Although there is considered a winter in Thailand from around November to February, it isn't really the winter that many people might thought. Thailand has a tropical climate in general. Even during the so-called winter season, the temperature is pretty warm. People don't have to hoard for the winter.

Here in my country, people don't have to hoard as well. There is no winter. But there are a lot of greedy businessmen who want to manipulate the supply and, therefore, the price and earn big. The main intention for hoarding is to cause a fake shortage.

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Quote from: Darker45 on January 01, 2023, 01:14:46 PM

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Through all these, most of the people I pity themost is the low income earners and those with zero products to offer, its sad most for these persons.
In life, one of the worst feelings of all, is identifying a bad situation, wishing for a change, wanting to do something about it but still completely helpless about it. You just can't do nothing to help the situation and that's sick.

Unfortunately, half of the entire working force here in the country, if I'm not mistaken, are wage earners. So, they can only suffer in silence and try to look for additional sources of income.

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Quote from: Darker45 on January 08, 2023, 10:59:08 AM

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However, self-sufficiency can't be achieved overnight.

Indeed! The intention is really good but the implementation was too soon. Unfortunately, we (the regular consumers) had to pay the price for that huge blunder.

What's even funny is that they have decided to import now, just when the local producers are about to fill the markets with supply. And now these farmers are saying no to imported onions.

The government was adamant not to import in October and November because the local harvest season for onions would commence at around mid-December. That strategy failed and the price shot up beyond $13 a kilo in some market. And now that the harvest is happening, the government decided to import because the price has already reached so high.

I really don't understand what's happening.