On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:51:13 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:08:01 -0800, "azotic"
wrote:
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The bankers
basicly gave parliment the finger say they would simply move to friendlier
nations where
they are welcome.......

Best Regards
Tom.
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After the screw job the bankers gave the people and government of
the UK, the proper response would appear to be "don't let the
door hit you in the ass on the way out." The bankers are lucky
they are not being deported after asset forfeiture. Where are
they going to go? Iceland? Ireland?
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By what is increasingly apparent as outright fraud, the bankers
bankrupted the entire country of Iceland. Banking incompetency
has driven Ireland into an extreme austerity regime. Spain
teeters on the brink [c. 20% official unemployment], Greece has
one foot in the [economic/political] grave. Bankers nearly
bankrupted the UK, which is now in danger of losing its AAA
credit rating. The bankers have worn out their welcome in the
countries of Europe.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=awNIE35abSFY
"London Exodus to Geneva Runs Into Housing, School Shortages
By Dylan Griffiths, Warren Giles and Carolyn Bandel
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Geneva, touted as a haven for London
bankers facing heavier U.K. taxes, may lure fewer than predicted
thanks to a housing shortage, crowded schools and a 44 percent
income-tax rate.

Barclays Plc President Robert Diamond this month joined a chorus
of financial leaders in arguing that the U.K.’s 50 percent tax on
bonuses would drive bankers away from London. The Swiss Private
Bankers Association said the “arbitrary” tax will boost the
allure of Geneva, whose bankers oversee about 10 percent of the
world’s foreign-held private wealth.

“It’s a joke, it’s lobbying,” said Tim Dawson, an analyst at
Geneva-based brokerage Helvea AG. “People are dreaming if they
think the London investment banking world is going to move. There
is more office space in Canary Wharf than in the whole of
Switzerland,” he said, referring to London’s second financial
district.
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Unka George (George McDuffee)
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The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).