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malaise

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26. They are out to loot the Russian oligarchs who hide lots of money in Cyprus
Mon Mar 18, 2013, 08:31 PM
Mar 2013

This is going to get ugly

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Could set off a run on the banks in Greece .... dawg Mar 2013 #1
The thing is, what could reassure anyone? cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #2
Well, the only reason they did it in Cyprus ... dawg Mar 2013 #3
Fuck Greece dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #11
Horrifically unfair. If asset taxes are coming, we need to do it right. reformist2 Mar 2013 #4
Who is "we" ... oldhippie Mar 2013 #14
Never fear, those depositors with accounts over 100K were given every opporunity overnight Earth_First Mar 2013 #5
Uh, no ..... oldhippie Mar 2013 #7
. cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #6
I've got some DJ friends who live in Athens MrScorpio Mar 2013 #8
I guess "deposit insurance" did not mean what the depositors thought it meant (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #9
I don't think deposit insurance is intended ..... oldhippie Mar 2013 #15
If Chase needed to be bailed out, and the Government helped pay for the bailout by taking money Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #17
Kind of the same way a lot of folks felt .... oldhippie Mar 2013 #18
I had a feeling their Parliament wouldn't go for this ...... oldhippie Mar 2013 #30
An ex post facto tax is not really a tax. This is straight up confiscation. cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #21
And where does it say that .... oldhippie Mar 2013 #22
Some rates changes can. New and/or unexpected taxes cannot. cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #23
Interesting. Thank you oldhippie Mar 2013 #24
Sorry for the snark. I am assuming that whatever Cyprus is doing is something cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #25
Well, I closed all my United Cypriot Bank accounts MineralMan Mar 2013 #10
Pssst. Let me know if you hear anything about .... oldhippie Mar 2013 #16
Every man for himself - That's my motto. MineralMan Mar 2013 #19
You did this and didn't inform the world? Renew Deal Mar 2013 #27
Couple of things ....... oldhippie Mar 2013 #12
The Russian thing is a red herring to make people ok with it, but the truth is the tax is abritrary. reformist2 Mar 2013 #20
btw - the figures in that article were out of date by the time they published. dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #13
They are out to loot the Russian oligarchs who hide lots of money in Cyprus malaise Mar 2013 #26
Doesn't seem wise does it? nt abelenkpe Mar 2013 #28
Message auto-removed C.H.O.M.P.S. Mar 2013 #29
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