It was the bankers fault

[OwlHoot]

Sigh, here we go again! Each time anyone mentions bankers, up pipe all the chippy plebs shrieking about prosecutions and lamp posts.

If prior to 2008 in opening a building society savings account you would have chosen one with the highest interest rate then you're as bad as bankers.

Since practically everyone would choose a savings account with the best rate of interest, all things being equal, we're all as bad as bankers, just not nearly as successful (which of course is the real gripe).

Envy is the besetting sin of this country. Our nationaal anthem should start "Who do they Think They Are?"

[Zero Liability]

Sigh, here we go again! Each time anyone mentions bankers, up pipe all the chippy plebs shrieking about prosecutions and lamp posts.

If prior to 2008 in opening a building society savings account you would have chosen one with the highest interest rate then you're as bad as bankers.

Since practically everyone would choose a savings account with the best rate of interest, all things being equal, we're all as bad as bankers, just not nearly as successful (which of course is the real gripe).

Envy is the besetting sin of this country. Our nationaal anthem should start "Who do they Think They Are?"

It's not like jailing them or putting in rubbish "regulation" is going to fix anything, anyway. If it were not in politicians' interests for the banks to go on credit expansion frenzies every few years, keeping their sovereign debt cheap (and in high demand), tax receipts inflated and stock markets buoyant, they'd do something about it, beyond the unproven assertion that ring-fencing is going to fix it all.

I thought this was good: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...edibility.html

[BigRed]

Sigh, here we go again! Each time anyone mentions bankers, up pipe all the chippy plebs shrieking about prosecutions and lamp posts.

If prior to 2008 in opening a building society savings account you would have chosen one with the highest interest rate then you're as bad as bankers.

Since practically everyone would choose a savings account with the best rate of interest, all things being equal, we're all as bad as bankers, just not nearly as successful (which of course is the real gripe).

Envy is the besetting sin of this country. Our national anthem should start "Who do they Think They Are?"

You might have assumed that a mutual society who were not tied to shareholders would be more cost efficient and would have cut out the big cats. You would have course be wrong.

[LucidDementia]

Jail.


They create money out of thin air and charge you labour for it, let them rot.

FTFY

[LucidDementia]

They are no different to highly organised criminal gangs robbing people of their life savings. They should be treated as such.

I think you're confusing the banks with their interest collectors: the government