But we don't want the Irish!
Posted on 11/12/2010 5:02:07 PM PST by JerseyHighlander
Ireland is teetering on the edge as their budget woes appear insurmountable and bond yields and credit spreads blowout to new highs. It looks increasingly likely that Ireland will have to tap into the EFSF. Angela Merkel, however, is not prepared for taxpayers to take all of the losses:
It’s a sad state of affairs when a foreign central bank and German Chancellor decide the fate of the Irish people, but this is the mess that single currency systems create. Quite honestly, it’s shameful that Irish politicians would even allow such a thing to occur. They have ceded their monetary sovereignty and destroyed their ability to protect their people. The ultimate role of any state should be to protect its citizenry at all costs. That is not the case in Europe and it is nothing short of inhumane.
As I’ve repeatedly stated, there is a moral hazard here that is beyond absurd.
There is a famous statue of James Larkin on O’Connell Street in Dublin. Inscribed on it are the famous words he once spoke:
“Ní uasal aon uasal ach sinne bheith íseal: Éirímis.
In english it reads:
“The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise.”
The Irish people are on their knees. And for now, bankers and politicians are keeping them there. Let’s hope they rise.
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By: Mike_Whitney
There was a bank run in Ireland on Wednesday. LCH Clearnet, a London based clearinghouse, surprised the markets by announcing it would increase margin requirements on Irish debt by 15 percent. That's all it took to send investors fleeing for the exits. Yields on Irish bonds spiked sharply as banks tried to close positions or raise the capital needed to meet the new requirements. The Irish 10-year bond soared to 8.9 percent by day's end, more than 6 percentage points higher than "risk free" German sovereign debt. The ECB will have to intervene. Ireland is on its way to default.
This is what a 21st century bank run looks like.
Default is inevitable. The only issue is how long the dreadful day can be postponed.....
What I find amazing is they fought the British for years yet gave up their country to the EU without a shot being fired.
Pity the Irish, welcomed in every land on earth-except Ireland.
“The Irish people are on their knees. And for now, bankers and politicians are keeping them there. Let’s hope they rise.”
MMMmmmmmmmm...sounds like a similar situation in a country farther to the west as well.
Ha...higher taxes for the rich! Wait, Bono and U2 already moved their revenue generating enterprise out of Ireland to the Netherlands. Progressivism for thee, not to me!
http://www.slate.com/id/2152580/
Does S0r0$ have anything to do with this?
Exactly. As the updated rebel song goes
A province once again
A province once again
Ireland long a nation be
A province once again.
And the Brits are just as bad. What Napoleon and Hitler could not accomplish by force of arms, British politicians accomplished by diplomacy.
Having great grandparents that immigrated from Ireland, and my mother 100% Irish, I can say this.....you first have to get the irish out of the pub...
I’m rooting for Ireland. They increased their national IQ decades ago when they got rid of the Kennedys (to our chagrin).
But I love them anyway.
Go, Ireland. Tell the EU to shove it up their Obama. (American for butthole).
The EU got’em drunk!
“What I find amazing is they fought the British for years yet gave up their country to the EU without a shot being fired.”
Very astute. Yours is the best one sentence remark I think I’ve ever read. It is both a statement on what has happened in Ireland and a warning to the rest of us. I’m glad your on my side. In honor of your screen name I’m gonna crank up my Telecaster and pound out some rocking blues.
Rise Ireland and dump all the unions, welfare and English Junk you have. Go back to a gold standard—grow your own food and let the rest of Europe go hang itself.
(American for butthole).
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Needless. I understood your inyourendo. LOL.
Where have the fighting Irish gone?
Just secede and declare all foreign debts void.
Problem solved.
Debt.
They didn't HAVE to borrow the money.
There was a time when Ireland, and not very long ago, was seen as an island of truly free enterprise in an ocean of socialism.
Today, only Germany and Britain in all of Europe even have a clue.
When one of France, Italy or Spain falls...know that hard-core fascism will again engulf Europe.
Fiat money combined with fiscal il discipline always results in disaster.
But we don't want the Irish!
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