Cyprus is now old news: local (and Russian... and UK... and European) depositors will see anywhere between 3% and 13% (or more) of their deposits, depending on what the "fair" threshold of a "lot" of money is determined to be in the first revision to the deposit tax levy, confiscated and in return they will get "equity" in broke banks, and maybe some gas-linked bonds. That much we know. The question then becomes: what would "Cyprus" look like if it took place in the US? Below, courtesy of William Banzai, is one artist's impression...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-18/what-cyprus-would-look-us
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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