Tax Increases No Different Than Taxing Bank Accounts
Would a tax on Cypriot bank accounts be that different from taxation in America? Not really.
Would a tax on Cypriot bank accounts be that different from taxation in America? Not really.
Entrepreneurs fled and took their businesses with them
Europe slouching toward something
Dmitry Medvedev invokes Lenin, says what is going on in Cyprus is the "stealing of the stolen"
The IMF demanded that the deal would not need approval from the Cypriot government
Second legal opinion says 75 percent tax rate for top earners is unfair
German chancellor doesn't like Europe being tested
Taking what they can while the government tries to sort out a deal with the European Union
Confiscatory desires don't "give a thought to the savings of the population" Dmitri Medvedev says
Need to raise 5.8 billion euros; lawmakers rejected a levy on deposits as bank robbery
Government looking at grabbing pension funds
Nobody wants to take responsibility for move to tax deposits
Cypriot politicians rejected the E.U.'s offer earlier this week
Government rejected the European Union's bailout deal yesterday
Cash being a tad hard for them to come by
Eurocrats shocked that people don't like being robbed
Banks will remain closed on the island until Thursday
When someone suddenly takes money out of your bank account without your permission, what's that called?
Small island nation the latest victim of the euro crisis
To the left "fairness" just means fleecing the rich
Turns out people don't like their money being stolen
Stealing is what government does
Cypriots want their money before the government steals it or the banks collapse
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