My sympathy is truly there for the Dutch and British savers who lost their money. I would like them to get back as much as possible.
But I do not want to pay that money myself.
I do not want lower public service or higher taxes.
And I don’t want to be walking down main street Laugavegur ten years from now, in a damaged society when Bjorgolfur Thor drives by in a black Range Rover and jumps into the trendy place of that day.
I don’t want to sit next to former Landsbanki CEO, Sigurjon Arnason in a fancy restaurant telling everyone how he loves to be filthy rich and I don’t want former chairman of the board, Kjartan Gunnarsson to lecture anyone about David Oddson’s exceptional morals.
I don’t want to see expert tax-evader Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson spend his old age in luxorious settings while those who have truly given to society, like my grandmother who was a teacher her whole life had to spend her last year in a cramped nursing home.
I don’t want any of these men to have anything to do with the “rebuilding” of Iceland.
I want those men cast out of our society if they don’t give up all their assets until the IceSave debt is repaid in full.
In fact they should be placed under a restraining order from the country until they have given up all their loot.
Lawyers might disagree, but humans understand.
The economic crash is Iceland’s Vietnam War.
People have lost their livelihoods and some have lost their lives.
And these men should never be seen in public again, unless it is standing in line at Bonus, or driving a ten-year old car.
But they are still sailing yachts, still talking about business opportunities and still driving Range Rovers. They still have their lavish homes.
These people call themselves consultants for crying out loud!
And that is why I don’t want to pay for IceSave.
I have paid through higher taxes, lower service, loss of purchasing power, lower home equity, less savings, worse pension and through currency depreciation.
I have paid enough.
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Robert Culfield
2 years ago
The lawyers are there to insure that these bastards will never get the proper justice they deserve! After all, the lawyers were the enablers that allowed these assholes to do what they did ans will be there to defend them. It´s a no lose situation for them!
Blubber
2 years ago
It is interesting to me that the unions are as quiet as they are. In most other countries, there would have been a general strike by October 23. to force the government to start freezing assets and looking into where all this money went.
And now, a full human gestation period later, the unions are still just a little wishy washy blah blah.
There is not even the merest threat of a general strike to change the housing loan situation, never mind the banks, loans, political funds and the rest.
What are they doing? Where are they?
Ole Haahr
2 years ago
I fully understand your point, but unfortunately Iceland have to pay for Icesave and I must admit I agree. Iceland is a democratic country – you ellected the politicians and the international joke some call a president – now you have to take the consequences. Sad but true and I am 110 % sure Iceland will still survive and be stronger for it. We must not forget most icelanders I know (and that is quite a few) were quite proud of the vikinswho took over the world at one time.
But get going on the clean up – someone of these people (or most of them) deserve to be in jail – so get going and get the money they hid somewhere around the world. The the Icesave thing will just be a minor hick up on the way.