He isn ' t actually banning lobbyists . He ' s banning former government officials from becoming lobbyists for 5 years after they get out of government . It also bans lobbyists from joining his cabinet . But it doesn ' t stop lobbyists from doing their lobbyist thing . They can still keep being lobbyists , buying our government like prostitutes . It will deter some potential new hires that might want to cross jobs , but that ' s it . <| sep |> You sir are so amazing with this . Thanks for sharing ! Poor Subaru got disemboweled again <| sep |> That would be a very bankfriendly regulation not necessarily something unique to dealing with foreigners . The whole LTFRMF tax savings options targeted mostly at Thais is pretty much a subsidy for the banking sector which probably ends up receiving the majority of the tax benefit through increased management fees . The ' to be used only in Thailand ' . how would they even check that ? Unless they limited it to trackable purchases e . g . condos , cars , you could always say it was all spent in cash locally .