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Thank you. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #1
Cyprus is just a dry run for the Banksters. Wellstone ruled Mar 2013 #2
Link to that paper, or it doesn't exist. MineralMan Mar 2013 #3
I had no problem. Hugin Mar 2013 #5
Thanks. MineralMan Mar 2013 #6
Check out page 83 in that book. Hugin Mar 2013 #9
Thanks again. MineralMan Mar 2013 #8
Here's the FDIC BoE paper referenced. Hugin Mar 2013 #10
K&R Hugin Mar 2013 #4
What can we do to prevent this and/or protect ourselves from this? nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #7
Join a Credit Union. Hugin Mar 2013 #11
+1 ...Grow Financial. L0oniX Mar 2013 #12
Sorry I dont know what that means. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #14
Credit Unions fail as well FrodosPet Mar 2013 #26
Folks do different things. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #15
Take your money out of the gawd damed banks malaise Mar 2013 #46
And put it where? nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #47
Amen Malaise...take your money out and put it into hard assets. BeHereNow Mar 2013 #54
How do you define hard assets? mainer Mar 2013 #71
A garden Chuuku Davis Mar 2013 #85
You HAVE hard assests, then. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #88
A well is a good thing, providing... BeHereNow Apr 2013 #91
PMs BeHereNow Apr 2013 #90
This article is wrong Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #13
A piece of paper will prevent the banksters from doing whatever they want when they want? AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #16
Uhhhhh Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #17
"paper describes a plan" -- You're missing the point that the paper doesn't mean anything. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author amandabeech Mar 2013 #32
Thanks for your insight. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author amandabeech Mar 2013 #40
THIS piece of paper did not help folks in Cyprus: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #43
Thank YOU, Yo B Stieg Mar 2013 #20
Even us life long dems have lost our retirement funds dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #21
Thank you, dixiegrrrrl! snot Mar 2013 #61
ROFL! Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #50
It already happened here quaker bill Mar 2013 #52
Under US law, if a bank is insolvent, it is either taken over by another bank amandabeech Mar 2013 #59
Did you live through and follow the S&L crisis? snot Mar 2013 #62
Exactly. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #72
The fund was very low after the rash of bank failures in the wake of the Great Recession. amandabeech Mar 2013 #76
Amanda..I don't disagree that Dodd-Frank mandated additional levys. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #78
So what do you think of this reg from the FDIC about the three amandabeech Mar 2013 #75
Yes, snot, I did live through the S&L crisis. amandabeech Mar 2013 #77
Avoid all of this by putting your money in a brokerage account such as Charles Schwab. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #18
And what makes you think that that is safer? quakerboy Mar 2013 #27
They're not a "bank" and are subject to SEC rules. Also, unlike banks they have a fiduciary xtraxritical Mar 2013 #28
Personally, I lost confidence in brokerage houses a long time ago Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #30
Aren't there court opinions which held that banks have had fiduciary responsibilities? AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #44
Sure. Just like the Cyprus banks. snot Mar 2013 #64
There are LAWS which say the FDIC is supposed to step in BEFORE a bank gets into deep trouble dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #67
See #67 below. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #69
"subject to SEC rules" Chuuku Davis Mar 2013 #86
Unless Schwab has a FDIC insured bank as an operating subsidiary, amandabeech Mar 2013 #33
Plus the SEC failed us mightily in not spotting what was going on KoKo Mar 2013 #41
Then you don't even have FDIC insurance Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #53
Note that in Cyprus, those insured depositors WERE GOING TO lose their funds. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #73
No, other countries decided that regulators could rob their bank depositors Yo_Mama Mar 2013 #84
The very same banksters who crashed the world economy remain at their desks, don’t they? ms.smiler Mar 2013 #22
Bonds would have been a better option Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #51
Ay-yup. snot Mar 2013 #63
dixiegrrrrl, I just found this same article on AlterNet ms.smiler Mar 2013 #23
Oh, very good. That will make it easier for anyone who is truly interested. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #24
That is something that the Europeans exposed with Cyprus... dkf Mar 2013 #25
Implementing such a scheme would lead to world-wide economic collapse. AdHocSolver Mar 2013 #29
Which makes me wonder why Cyprus did it and New Zealand is proposing it. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #31
LOL, indeed Oilwellian Mar 2013 #34
The short answer to your question. AdHocSolver Mar 2013 #38
I would think there would be blood in the streets if that happens aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #35
The fact there has been no fallout is encouraging the plan writers dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #36
A-men, dixiegrrrrl! John Corzine..(not seen or heard from) KoKo Mar 2013 #42
+! snot Mar 2013 #66
you go, DG! snot Mar 2013 #65
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #37
Cyprus is a trial balloon Fumesucker Mar 2013 #45
Yep..first place my brain went... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author amandabeech Mar 2013 #49
SO glad you posted this DG!!! BeHereNow Mar 2013 #55
More from Reuters- Move your money people. It CAN happen here. BeHereNow Mar 2013 #56
Better safe than sorry, that's what my Grandma taught me. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #57
Because I know you are capable of connecting the dots- here is one for you. BeHereNow Mar 2013 #58
Kick n/t BeHereNow Mar 2013 #60
I have to say, the "Cyprus Solution" seemed pretty equitable to me bhikkhu Mar 2013 #68
Get back to me in 3 months when you know the value of those bank shares. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #70
What you are setting forth as facts are completely untrue. You're marybourg Mar 2013 #79
which facts are you calling untrue? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #81
All. Starting with this untruth: marybourg Mar 2013 #82
Sorry, facts are facts, and its not only true, but has a lot of news citations. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #83
DG- Why do you waste your breath on fools? BeHereNow Apr 2013 #92
Why do you think this was such a huge deal? Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #96
We need a a special prosecutor. grahamhgreen Mar 2013 #74
To do . . ? marybourg Mar 2013 #80
I've been converting a portion of my liquid savings to physical silver and gold madville Mar 2013 #87
Ah, someone who "gets it" BeHereNow Apr 2013 #89
Thanks for this. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #93
Apparently Canada now has same plan. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #94
They should do this in the Grand Caymans and Switzerland. Octafish Apr 2013 #95
They'll have to round up our guns first. Skip Intro Apr 2013 #97
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