tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post7505076334446214195..comments2024-03-18T21:16:50.744+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #46 - Banks - Why?MSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-31120678932717950702012-03-17T10:29:27.070+00:002012-03-17T10:29:27.070+00:00Maybe you could export some talent to our banks? O...Maybe you could export some talent to our banks? One problem about vilifying bankers is that they aquire a perverse kind of martyrdom - since everyone hates them anyway, they may as well stick together and maximise the fiddles in their own favour. That is why idiotic rants like my post here are ultimately counterproductive!MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-58478890722109430542012-03-16T22:28:50.429+00:002012-03-16T22:28:50.429+00:00We haven't had the spectacular implosion of th...We haven't had the spectacular implosion of the banking industry here in Australia that you have had to endure in Old Blighty, but everything else you say is spot on. Banking really does seem like the casino industry without the flashing lights; everything is biased in favourite of the house. Mug punters always come out on the bottom.Ben Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-46462676301853508462012-03-16T16:45:28.366+00:002012-03-16T16:45:28.366+00:00I've been enjoying the defence of bankers'...I've been enjoying the defence of bankers' bonuses of late. The argument is that if they don't get paid silly amounts then they may leave in a huff and take their talent elsewhere. What talent? Where? Did I miss something? How come we had to use public money to bail the banks out if they possess irreplaceable talent? Where would they go, anyway? Have they discovered a new planet where nobody knows about their achievements here?MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-47125785373921101702012-03-16T15:35:14.476+00:002012-03-16T15:35:14.476+00:00This is one of those posts I could add reams to! b...This is one of those posts I could add reams to! but it's not my blog so I'll just say; Yeah! Totally agree on all points, put the housekeeping in your left sock, the petrol/fag money in the right sock and store everything else under a lose floorboard! You can't do any worse than the banks!Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.com