On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cyprus is embarking on emergency efforts to restructure its second largest > bank and considering new rules to stop money flooding out of the country's > banks when they reopen next week after being shut for ten days. There is really very little they can do at this point to change this in the short term. People are going to take their money out of the Cyprus banks at the first opportunity. Eventually that will reverse, but they just made their situation a whole lot worse by simply entertaining the idea of seizing savings accounts. I am baffled at what other possible outcome they thought this action would have? I haven't been following the situation super closely, but I really can't see how that conversation could have gone with any sane people in the room. Even a "robber barron banker" wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot by making such an obvious and overt play for money. Perhaps this is a case of creating intentional backlash against Ridiculous Choice A, so that when Ridiculous Choice B is announced, it's more acceptable. Prepping the masses for a false choice? -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362009 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
