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“ประเทศไทยในอนาคต Future Thailand : มิติที่ 2 สังคม ชนบท ท้องถิ่น” โดย สถาบันพระปกเกล้า

3.2) Create economic stability by developing a saving system for all Thai by

using a method of saving from spending:

3.2.1) There will be saving from every spending on VAT. Every time
someone pay VAT, there will be a saving of 3% with the additional 2% from

the government support. In total, for every spending on goods, there will be
5% saving for all Thai from the moment they were born to 60 years old. This

saving will be transfer into the saving account of every taxpayer according to
their identification number.

3.2.2.) The saving from the total VAT of the nation will be invest. The
additional income will be accumulated back to the people.

3.2.3) When Thai citizen reaches 60 years old, the saving system will

be a shift from the average earning into monthly earning as the elder
allowance.

This system allows Thai citizen older than 60 years old to earn from
saving. The amount of saving depends on the spending of each individual

according to the said measure. This will help farmers in the rural area older
than 60 years old to have enough income to continue their life.

4) There should not be any populist policy that encourages people dependent only
on the state in the policy formulation by government and political parties. Those populist
policies will create passive citizen, weakening Thai citizen and obstruct the empowerment of

the self-management community. If those populist policies are to be implemented, they
should be a populist policy that promotes the strengthening of citizenship and community.

It should allow citizen to participate in the management and enhancing the social quality of
the community such as social and cultural capital development fund and worker

rehabilitation fund, etc.

Recommendation for further research studies

From this study, it was found that strengthening the rural and local societies of
Thailand is necessary to accommodate the changes, especially the new way of living. As

such, there should be further studies to increase knowledge, explore the drive for policy
implementation, as well as enhancing various innovations for actual use in society to

achieve stability, prosperity, and sustainability; it will create a quality society where the

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