Posted on 03/16/2013 9:47:25 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
Shocking!
It is difficult to describe the weekend bailout package to Cyprus in any other way. The confiscation of 6.75 percent of small depositors' money and 9.9 percent of big depositors' funds is without precedence that I can think of in a supposedly civilised and democratic society. But maybe the European Union (EU) is no longer a civilised democracy?
The consequences are unpredictable, but we are clearly looking at a significant paradigm shift.
This is a breach of fundamental property rights, dictated to a small country by foreign powers and it must make every bank depositor in Europe shiver.
if you can do this once, you can do it again. if you can confiscate 10 percent of a bank customer's money, you can confiscate 25, 50 or even 100 percent. I now believe we will see worse as the panic increases, with politicians desperately trying to keep the EUR alive.
This is a major, MAJOR game changer and the fallout will be with us for a long time to come.
This is full-blown socialism and I still cannot believe this really happened.
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The move wasn’t telegraphed but the situation was known. No way ‘dirty money’ stays in those banks. That money was pulled months ago.
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