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Originally posted by dominicus
WHile I commend them for not raping the people's bank accounts, I still face palm myself over hoe they are supposed to fix their deficit/bankruptcy.
Let me get this straight. They are broke and owe money with interest, so the solution is to borrow more money with more interest?
WTF??????
More countries should follow in the footsteps of Iceland. A big middle finger to your debtors and start all over, or bring in a new currency, a fake coup, become an exporter of various products, etc
their banks speculated with all that cash
What is your opinion on the position of Germany, which is very strict on their negotiation terms?
It is very worrisome that it looks like that the creditor nations do all the decisions and put strong conditions on the debtor nations. For one, it is based on a wrong diagnosis of the Euro crisis. Southern European countries have of course accumulated too much debt, but this was only possible as creditors in the Northern Europe were giving out this credit. So both were equally foolish, the responsibility is on both sides. Therefore there is no good or bad, no black or white in the question who caused the crisis. But as the creditor nations have the money, they set the rules. This has huge implications in terms of legitimacy. Some countries can impose conditions on others in a very arrogant way. Germany humiliated countries like Portugal and Greece. In the end, this will lead to rejection. People in Southern Europe will say: We prefer being poor to being dictated by the Germans.
The bills presented include plans to recapitalize its banking sector, eight times the size of Cyprus’ €17 billion economy, and lay losses on big depositors. The finance minister and Cyprus Central Bank are granted emergency powers to introduce any restrictive measures on banking activities to stop money flooding out of the Cypriot banks when they reopen next week after 10 days’ holiday.
Cyprus Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades told reporters Thursday that “the banking system needs restructuring otherwise it will go bankrupt and it needs to be done immediately.”
Originally posted by Krazysh0t
This is like outright warfare without all the killing. Just buy or acquire all the territory and a nation's wealth right from under them.