Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
Quote Originally Posted by walrus View Post
Damn, in one week the Greeks took 4 billion out of banks. If they get the banks open tomorrow with the ELA what will happen. It's the Greek people suffering. Will Merkel just do a bail out. Crazy stuff. Shit, it's not like it couldn't happen in the US. I always tell my wife we should get a safe and put a decent amount of cash in that bad boy.
It couldn't happen in the US.
I hear what our are saying, can't really compare the two however I do worry about a cyber attack or one of those attacks that knocks out the grid making it very difficult to have funds on hand. I keep almost no cash in the house. Now Kirk, are the Euro banks backed in any manner similar to our banks here in the US