But with the chaos unchecked, the question is how safe it is for Thais.
Thailand says it wants 300, 000 workers to return to Myanmar in the next six months to make room for unemployed Thais.
The results, released on January 17th, show that in lots of ways life changed for many Thais and did indeed get worse (see table).
For now, Thais can celebrate their king and their baht alike.
Whatever the doubts about Ms Yingluck, if Thais vote for her their choice must be heeded.
But quite a lot of Thais blamed the government for turning an obscure bit of nonsense into a global free-speech issue.
So the Thais had good reason for thinking that the Japanese might be willing to lend them money to stabilise the baht.
It is often used for ceremonial dowry payments and, significantly for the spa business, many Thais believe gold helps heal skin wounds such as scars.
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Alongside diehard Thaksinite protesters, stand middle-class Thais who do not care for Mr Thaksin but are disgusted by the political prestidigitation that toppled two elected governments.
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Sacked by the Thais in 1431 and abandoned in 1432, Angkor was forgotten for a few centuries.
Thaksin, who has vowed never to bow to mob rule, hopes a broad raft of support among rural Thais will be enough return him to office and bury the controversy once and for all.
They are urging Thais to be a little less tolerant than the country's image as a magnet for night-clubbers and sun-seekers might suggest.
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