‘Banksters’ should be put behind bars
If the poor are sent to jail when they default on civil debts, why are the ‘banksters’ forgiven for their corrupt, unethical, or questionable practices, which put them into default, and ruined the country?
Instead they are promised billions. And everyone else is told to “tighten your belts”.
In an article of June 7, a “director of a debt collection agency” said that “locking up defaulters is the only way to recoup debt”.
Then why not jail for the ‘bankster’?
The difference in treatment says a lot about who actually runs the country.
Financial interests are the greatest threat to democracy.
“Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin.
“The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again.
“However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in.
“But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits.”
So said Josiah Stamp (1880-1941) president of the Bank of England in the 1920s, the second richest man in Britain during that time.
Earl Warren, the former chief justice of the US Supreme Court once said of banks: “I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves.
“They’re first in with their fees and first out when there’s trouble.” Sounds familiar.
Paul Meuse
The Glen, Cork
and Haarlem, Netherlands
THE comments from Chief Justice John Murray (‘Chief Justice critical of unfair coverage’, Irish Independent, June 23) goes to show you how far removed this special elite is from the everyday lives of real people.
I suppose when you earn over €200,000 per year it is hard to remember that you might want to pay some money back and help your country, or show sympathy to those who live in the real world.
Paul Doran
Dublin 22
