tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post2274533154697322268..comments2024-03-12T15:28:22.012+01:00Comments on The Poet Laura-eate: Who Do Bankers Think They Are?The Poet Laura-eatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-37500669405823434492011-01-29T20:22:42.326+01:002011-01-29T20:22:42.326+01:00It's simple, isn't it - they're put in...It's simple, isn't it - they're put in charge of minding all the money, so hardly surprising that they decide that they deserve a fat chunk of it. There need to be laws to prevent this, to protect them from their own greed.<br /><br />As to going off abroad - call their bluff. If they do, then when the next crisis comes up, we won't have to bail them out, will we? Sounds like a win to me.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256244895723910890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-43466138325871996652011-01-16T12:32:45.949+01:002011-01-16T12:32:45.949+01:00Ha Ha Steve. On the money as ever. Which makes it ...Ha Ha Steve. On the money as ever. Which makes it even more of an injustice you don't actually have more.<br /><br />Owen, yes, let's reinact that scene from 'Whoops Apocolypse' all over again where people jump off a cliff as part of a job creation scheme to create jobs for others.<br /><br />RB. Of course they will easily be replaced by more of the same. Which makes their argument of being so economically indiposable even more laughable.<br /><br />Christine, welcome. Yes, that Steve is a sharp one!<br /><br />Sagittarius. Reassuring that NZ doesn't want them either. Just goess to prove my theory that other nations don't fancy them as much as they think.<br /><br />Cheers Notabene.<br /><br />Broken Biro - welcome. Your protest idea is eminently sensible and peaceful. I suggest we all change banks to more ethical ones wherever possible. None are paying any interest any more so it's not as if we will suffer financially by doing so, but THEY will!<br /><br />WWW. I sincerely hope that relation turned out to be a b***ard rather than actually sharing any DNA with you. Mind you, being a banker and with that attitude, he is already proving that!<br /><br />Interesting point Martin H. Thanks for dropping by and the valuable link.<br /><br />Moi. I'd tell you if only I knew!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-52516254898890208712011-01-15T16:54:44.153+01:002011-01-15T16:54:44.153+01:00I wish someone, somewhere, could tell me, in simpl...I wish someone, somewhere, could tell me, in simple elementary school terms, what it is, exactly, that bankers DO. And why we need them? 'cause I just don't see it.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-46924255648398267492011-01-15T09:55:53.013+01:002011-01-15T09:55:53.013+01:00Hmm, I wonder if politicians are reluctant to be t...Hmm, I wonder if politicians are reluctant to be too hard on bankers, for fear of missing a lucrative place at the table. See <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7186975.stm" rel="nofollow">Tony Blair</a>.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-73148564635211204462011-01-14T16:16:37.840+01:002011-01-14T16:16:37.840+01:00I have far too many rellie bankers and I am appall...I have far too many rellie bankers and I am appalled at how they talk.<br />I will never forget the comment made by one of them when the ATMs were first installed.<br /><br />"Now us bankers have you all where you should be: out in the cold and rain on the street where you belong and not sullying our lofty halls".<br /><br />Says it all, doesn't it?<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-57723682936708560222011-01-14T14:31:42.369+01:002011-01-14T14:31:42.369+01:00... But what can be done? I'm trying to think ...... But what can be <i>done</i>? I'm trying to think of some sort of protest... maybe we should have a day when everyone goes into their bank and pays in 1p (preferably cheques we all give each other - doubling the paperwork for them)... there'd be queues and stuff, and lowest-paid bank staff would suffer, but it might make a point, eh?broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-23707549607211512822011-01-09T22:36:06.912+01:002011-01-09T22:36:06.912+01:00I just couldn't agree more whole heartedly...I just couldn't agree more whole heartedly...Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-40372375743441029192011-01-09T20:44:42.783+01:002011-01-09T20:44:42.783+01:00Don't send them down here, we have enough of t...Don't send them down here, we have enough of this breed of our own!! It is very annoying that after having skived off our meagre savings for years we have now also had to bail out the bankers that put the economy in the situation it is in AND with bonuses to boot. Criminal.The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-10215740380816646612011-01-09T17:33:44.504+01:002011-01-09T17:33:44.504+01:00Agree, agree, agree! And Steve's comment, re....Agree, agree, agree! And Steve's comment, re. them joining their money abroad, made me laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-83109410770207481032011-01-08T00:19:04.261+01:002011-01-08T00:19:04.261+01:00Well, yes I don't think they have any skills w...Well, yes I don't think they have any skills we can't live without, so let them emigrate.<br /><br />But I do think they will just be replaced by more of the same, sadly.rbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-77750404716269287882011-01-07T22:12:10.315+01:002011-01-07T22:12:10.315+01:00Personally, I think the whole lot of them should d...Personally, I think the whole lot of them should do exactly like lemmings do sometimes... to emigrate right over the edge of a cliff and into the ocean. A very high cliff, we don't want any survivors coming back and contaminating the human race ever again... they are positively evil... When I look at what I've paid in interest on a housing loan over the years, for the privilege of being able to live in a house, it positively makes me crazy. Our interest payments, among other forms of organized thievery, are paying their bonuses. The whole banking system is rotten to the core... We are not out of the woods yet either... Glad to see I'm not the only totally disgusted observer...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-31900344868499138162011-01-07T19:45:09.254+01:002011-01-07T19:45:09.254+01:00Our bankers threatening to emigrate? Good riddance...Our bankers threatening to emigrate? Good riddance to the lot of them. Let them go and join their money - most of which is conveniently abroad anyway...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com