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‘Don't be surprised when the global elite
confiscate money from your bank account one day. They are already very
clearly telling you that they are going to do it. Dutch Finance Minister
Jeroen Dijsselbloem is the president of the Eurogroup - an organization of
eurozone finance ministers that was instrumental in putting together the Cyprus
"deal" - and he has said publicly that what has just happened in
Cyprus will serve as a blueprint for future bank bailouts. What that
means is that when the chips are down, they are going to come after YOUR
money. So why should anyone put a large amount of money in the bank at
this point? Perhaps you can make one or two percent on your money if you
shop around for a really good deal, but there is also a chance that 40 percent
(or more) of your money will be confiscated if the bank fails. And
considering the fact that there are vast numbers of banks all over the United
States and Europe that are teetering on the verge of insolvency, why would
anyone want to take such a risk? What the global elite have done is that
they have messed around with the fundamental trust that people have in the
banking system. In order for any financial system to work, people must
have faith in the safety and security of that financial system. People
put their money in the bank because they think that it will be safe
there. If you take away that feeling of safety, you jeopardize the entire
system.
So exactly how did the big banks
in Cyprus get into so much trouble? Well, they have been doing exactly
what hundreds of other large banks all over the U.S. and Europe have been
doing. They have been gambling with our money. In particular, the
big banks in Cyprus made huge bets on Greek sovereign debt which ended up
failing.
But what happened in Cyprus is
just the tip of the iceberg. All over the planet major financial
institutions are being incredibly reckless with client money. They are
leveraged to the hilt and they have transformed the global financial system
into a gigantic casino.
If they win on their bets, they
become fabulously wealthy.
If they lose on their bets, they
know that the politicians won't let the banks fail. They know that they
will get bailed out one way or another.
And who pays?
We do.
Either our tax dollars are used
to fund a government-sponsored bailout, or as we have just witnessed in Cyprus,
money is directly confiscated from our bank accounts.
And then the game begins again.
People need to understand that
the precedent that has just been set in Cyprus is a game changer.
The next time that a major bank
fails in Greece or Italy or Spain (or in the United States for that matter),
the precedent that has been set in Cyprus will be looked to as a
"template" for how to handle the situation.
Eurogroup president Jeroen
Dijsselbloem has even publicly admitted that what just happened in Cyprus will
serve as a model for future bank bailouts. Just check out what he
said a few days ago...
"If
there is a risk in a bank, our first question should be 'Okay, what are you in
the bank going to do about that? What can you do to recapitalise yourself?'. If
the bank can't do it, then we'll talk to the shareholders and the bondholders,
we'll ask them to contribute in recapitalising the bank, and if necessary the
uninsured deposit holders"
Dijsselbloem
insists that this will cause people "to think
about the risks" before they put their money somewhere...
"It
will force all financial institutions, as well as investors, to think about the
risks they are taking on because they will now have to realise that it may also
hurt them. The risks might come towards them."
Well,
as depositors in Cyprus just found out, there is a risk that you could lose 40
percent (and that is the best case scenario) of your money if you put it in the
bank.
Why
would anyone want to take that risk - especially in a nation that is already
experiencing very serious financial troubles such as Greece, Italy or Spain?
As
if that was not enough, Dijsselbloem later went in front of the Dutch
parliament and publicly defended a wealth tax like the one that was just
imposed in Cyprus.
Dijsselbloem
is being widely criticized, and rightfully so. But at least he is being
more honest that many other politicians. His predecessor as the head of
the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, once said that "you have to lie" to the people
in order to keep the financial markets calm...
Mr.
Dijsselbloem's style contrasts with that of his predecessor, Jean-Claude
Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, who spoke in a low mumble at news
conferences and was expert at sidestepping questions. Mr. Juncker once even
advocated lying as a way to prevent financial markets from panicking—as they
did Monday after Mr. Dijsselbloem's comments.
"When
it becomes serious, you have to lie," Mr. Juncker said in April 2011.
"If you have pre-indicated possible decisions, you are feeding speculation
in the financial markets."
But
Dijsselbloem is certainly not the only one among the global elite that is
admitting what is coming next. Just check out what Joerg Kraemer, the
chief economist at Commerzbank, recently told Handelsblatt about what he
believes should be done in Italy...
"A
tax rate of 15 percent on financial assets would probably be enough to push the
Italian government debt to below the critical level of 100 percent of gross
domestic product"
Yikes!
And
as I wrote about the other day, the Finance Minister of New Zealand is proposing that bank
account holders in his nation should be required to "take a haircut"
if any banks in his nation fail.
They
are telling us what they plan to do.
They
are telling us that they plan to raid all of our bank accounts when the global
financial system fails.
And
calling it a "haircut" does not change the fact of what it really
is. The truth is that when they confiscate money from our bank accounts
it is outright theft. Just check out what the Daily Mail had
to say about the situation in Cyprus...
People
who rob old ladies in the street, or hold up security vans, are branded as
thieves. Yet when Germany presides over a heist of billions of pounds from
private savers’ Cyprus bank accounts, to ‘save the euro’ for the hundredth
time, this is claimed as high statesmanship.
It
is nothing of the sort. The deal to secure a €10 billion German bailout
of the bankrupt Mediterranean island is one of the nastiest and most immoral
political acts of modern times.
It
has struck fear into the hearts of hundreds of millions of European citizens,
because it establishes a dire precedent.
And
when you cause paralysis in the banking system, a once thriving economy can
freeze up almost overnight. The following is an excerpt from a report from someone that is actually
living over in Cyprus...
As
it stands now, nowhere in Cyprus accepts credit or debit cards anymore
for fear of not being paid, it is CASH ONLY. Businesses have
stopped functioning because they cannot pay employees OR pay for the stock they
receive because the banks are closed. If the banks remain
closed, the economy will be destroyed and STOP COMPLETELY. Looting, robberies
and theft are already on the rise. If the banks open now, there will be a
massive run on the bank, and the banks will FAIL loosing all of its deposits,
also causing an economic crash. TONIGHT there are demonstrations at
most street corners and especially at the parliament building (just 2 miles
from me).
Many
are thinking that the ECB and EU are allowing Cyprus to fail as a test ground
for new financial standards.
Just
wanted all you guys to know the real story of whats going on here. Prayers are
appreciated (although this is very interesting to watch) many of my local
friends have lots of money in the banks.
Would
similar things happen in the United States if there was a major banking crisis
someday?
That
is something to think about.
In
any event, the problems in the rest of Europe continue to get even worse...
-The
stock market in Greece is crashing. It is down by more than 10 percent
over the past two days.
-The
stock markets in Italy and Spain are experiencing huge declines as well.
Banking stocks are being hit particularly hard.
-The
Bank of Spain says that the Spanish economy will sink even deeper into recession this year.
-The
latest numbers from the Spanish government show that Spain's debt problem is rapidly getting worse...
"The
central government’s interest bill surged 15 percent last year to 26 billion
euros, while tax receipts slumped 21 percent. The cost of servicing debt
represented 30 percent of the taxes collected at the end of December, up from
20 percent a year earlier."
-The
euro took quite a tumble on Thursday and the euro will likely
continue to decline steadily in the weeks and months to come.
For
a very long time I have been warning that the next major wave of the economic
collapse is going to originate in Europe.
Hopefully
people are starting to see what I am talking about.
As
this point, the major banks in Europe are leveraged about 26 to 1, and that is close to the kind of
leverage that Lehman Brothers had when it finally collapsed. As a whole,
European banks are drowning in debt, they are taking risks that are almost
incomprehensible and now faith in those banks has been greatly undermined by
what has happened in Cyprus.
Anyone
that cannot see a crisis coming in Europe simply does not understand the
financial world. A moment of reckoning is rapidly approaching for
Europe. The following is from a recent article by Graham Summers...
At
the end of the day, the reason Europe hasn’t been fixed is because CAPITAL
SIMPLY ISN’T THERE. Europe and its alleged backstops are out of money. This
includes Germany, the ECB and the mega-bailout funds such as the ESM.
Germany
has already committed to bailouts that equal 5% of its GDP. The single largest
transfer payment ever made by one country to another was the Marshall Plan in
which the US transferred an amount equal to 5% of its GDP. Germany WILL NOT
exceed this. So don’t count on more money from Germany.
The
ECB is chock full of garbage debts which have been pledged as collateral for
loans. If anyone of significance defaults in Europe, the ECB is insolvent.
Sure it can print more money, but once the BIG collateral call hits, money
printing is useless because the amount of money the ECB would have to print
would implode the system.
And
then of course there are the mega bailout funds such as the ESM. The only
problem here is that Spain and Italy make up 30% of the ESM's supposed
“funding.” That’s right, nearly one third of the mega-bailout fund’s
capital will come from countries that are bankrupt themselves.
What
could go wrong?
Right
now, close to half of all money that is on
deposit at banks in Europe is uninsured. As people move that uninsured
money out of the banks, the amount of money that will be required to "fix
the banks" will go up even higher.
It
would be wise to try to avoid the big banks at this point - especially those
with very large exposure to derivatives. Any financial institution that uses
customer money to make reckless bets is not to be trusted.
If
you can find a small local bank or credit union to do business with you will
probably be better off.
And
don't think that this kind of thing can never happen in the United States.
One
of the key players that was pushing the idea of a "wealth tax" in
Cyprus was the IMF. And everyone knows that the IMF is heavily dominated
by the United States. In fact, the headquarters of the IMF is located
right in the heart of Washington D.C. not too far from the White House.
When I worked in D.C. I would walk by the IMF headquarters quite a bit.
So
if the United States thought that confiscating money from bank accounts was a great
idea in Cyprus, why wouldn't they implement such a thing here under similar
circumstances?
The
global elite are telling us what they plan to do, and the game has dramatically
changed.
Move
your money while you still can.
Unfortunately,
it is already too late for the people of Cyprus.’