Eric says take your money out of the banks to bring them down

Originally Posted by andyroo

We need a banking system.

So we have to keep propping up this one despite the fact that it's manifestly not working.

so we need to keep propping up a system that's patently not working and is also completely rigged?

ok... why would we want to do that?

Originally Posted by naes_sean

wonder how much Cantona will take out?

Originally Posted by Arnold Muhren

The £90k+ he took in 'expenses' from the Munich 40th anniversary Testimonial Game, does he keep that in a biscuit tin under the bed?

Didn't realise there was a cantona backlash. Top skillz. Who's next? Seeing that doddering @#%&! Busby, when we lifted the trophy in 1993, nearly made me puke btw.

Originally Posted by Gypsum Fantastic

so we need to keep propping up a system that's patently not working and is also completely rigged?

ok... why would we want to do that?

Because the alternative needs too much long-term strategy and no-one can make a fast buck out of it, apparently.

Otherwise it would have been done.

Originally Posted by naes_sean

wonder how much Cantona will take out?

Originally Posted by dodger

Didn't realise there was a cantona backlash. Top skillz. Who's next? Seeing that doddering @#%&! Busby, when we lifted the trophy in 1993, nearly made me puke btw.

Hardly a Cantona backlash. get a grip lad

Originally Posted by naes_sean

Hardly a Cantona backlash. get a grip lad

I think Arnold's has got backlash status

nobody titaniced this yet??

Originally Posted by Gypsum Fantastic

so we need to keep propping up a system that's patently not working and is also completely rigged?

ok... why would we want to do that?

Presumably I am on RAWK and we are discussing the Premier League?

Originally Posted by red @rmy

Yep, that pool won't heat itself.

you're always welcome to try it.

the pool, I mean. you probably shouldn't try banking.

What do I do with the few pennies I have after I take them out of the bank?

Buy something that will have no resale value?
Keep it and watch the purchasing power slip away as hyper-inflation takes its toll?

Originally Posted by BulgarianSpectator

What do I do with the few pennies I have after I take them out of the bank?

Buy something that will have no resale value?
Keep it and watch the purchasing power slip away as hyper-inflation takes its toll?

first thing you should do is buy a wheelbarrow.

Originally Posted by jem

first thing you should do is buy a wheelbarrow.

I have one already.

funny seeing people struggling hopelessly with the concept of forcing the finance industry to work for its customers instead of for itself

the power of the consumer is greater than the power of the voter.

bloody hell, I was going to say that derivatives are used to hedge real exposure and that without them people would still be speculating by holding unhedged positions and maybe mention that bringing down the banks would more than £#%&! up the economy, but then I got to the bit where I was called everyday folk and now I can't see throught the smoke and enamel grindings. bad form, bad form.

Originally Posted by jem

bloody hell, I was going to say that derivatives are used to hedge real exposure and that without them people would still be speculating by holding unhedged positions and maybe mention that bringing down the banks would more than £#%&! up the economy, but then I got to the bit where I was called everyday folk and now I can't see throught the smoke and enamel grindings. bad form, bad form.

explain to me why that is necessarily a bad threat to hold