Topic: The current state of banks

[Robin-Graves]

"Be just and fear not" has become " Trust the govornment, were your freinds".
I think its kinda funny here in the states, that if you speak out against anything the govornment is doing your branded a domestic terrorist.
 Well, hope my file is pretty thinck.

[smokester]

"Be just and fear not" has become " Trust the govornment, were your freinds".
I think its kinda funny here in the states, that if you speak out against anything the govornment is doing your branded a domestic terrorist.
 Well, hope my file is pretty thinck.

Over here if you agree with anything the gubmint says, you're more than likely under the influence of drugs or on the payrol.  It is a British tradition to slag off the government at every given opportunity.

[Robin-Graves]

Yeah,,Thanks to Bush and Darth Cheney you cant do that here, even talking out against cirtain institutions is politicaly incorect.
 Try being a civic volunteer here, you even get looked at by Big Brother for that.
And,,due to my posting here, my file thickens lol

[indie180]

I have still got the hump with that Rotter at the RBS, ?16.9 million of a pension for being bad at his job.That's what is cost to get rid of him. 

[Robin-Graves]

Yeppers..Severence packages are great , arent they?
 We got people here that ran companies down the toilet and get multi million dollar bonuses for it.
Wish I can be incompentant at my job and still get paid.
No,,wait,,I own my own corporation,,I can do that now!!!
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!

[JackFrost]

I have still got the hump with that Rotter at the RBS, ?16.9 million of a pension for being bad at his job.That's what is cost to get rid of him. 

See, here's the thing: Maybe these assholes are getting their bonuses because they actually have performed remarkably well for the company? I'm not sure how much RBS got in hand-outs, but AIG was given over $160 billion dollars since September of last year.

$165 billion in tax-free dollars in 6 months? - that's a huge windfall 2-quarter profit that they'd never have gotten by running the business legitimately.

So these people are being paid bonuses for a job well swindled.

[dweez]

See, here's the thing: Maybe these assholes are getting their bonuses because they actually have performed remarkably well for the company? I'm not sure how much RBS got in hand-outs, but AIG was given over $160 billion dollars since September of last year.

$165 billion in tax-free dollars in 6 months? - that's a huge windfall 2-quarter profit that they'd never have gotten by running the business legitimately.

So these people are being paid bonuses for a job well swindled.

Nicely played sir.

[davidsolomon83]

i think u guys should watch this,

u have to watch it full to get it, its Loooooooong (1:53:00) but i think its worth it.

there are things there i didnt know about our .....well ..... you'll get it soon enough.

[Skadi]

^ I still need to watch that David. I wish I had sound at work

Also, be careful of the gold standard. A lot of gold is already in the hands of rich and powerful people (and more is being collected if those ads on TV are any indication) who will have no qualms about artificially inflating gold's value - again at the expense of everything else.

That?s what I was meaning by perosnal responsibility on the other money thread?and falsely inflated sectors. It?s never a good idea to blindly hand your money over to anyone. And, there?s always somewhere that people are stashing their money for the next big push. Then, the people in the loop pull out and leave the masses on the short side getting in at the tail end of the investment. Different people are trying to push to $2000. But it could just as easily drop in a couple of days. Lots of people got caught cocky last year trying to hedge oil when it was high.

On the other hand, if there were bank runs?people do/would feel safer with gold tucked into a secret safe. Even though it?s dumb, there?s an ancient comfort that comes with owning gold. And, it can be melted, reworked,  exchanged country to country, hidden under your floor boards. So, in times of panic I can see why people get paranoid and turn to it. On the other ?other? hand?. Lots of people I know are worried that something like the The Gold Confiscation Of April 5, 1933 will happen again. heh?no one knows wtf to do.

[Santafer]

At least my country is not so bent up....yet.

[indie180]

There are 9,000 people going to lose their jobs at the RBS, but Sir Fred Goodwin refuses to give up a single penny of his ?1,900 ($2795) a day pension which he will get for the rest of his life, he is only 55yrs old.

[subvinorosa]

I have a real quick and easy solution for that indie.

[indie180]

   Aye. The Malky. 

[davidsolomon83]

^ WAAAT, 1,900 and that too in sterling !!  , i wont even give Jesus that much money !!  , I didnt know that and IT IS SAD 

[Robin-Graves]

Why is it that money is controlled by old people?
I h ave no freinds older than 40,,they get that old and I cut them off, theyr dead meat anyway....
Oh poo,,,im 41,,,damn,,got to amend that rule .