Mac's Poll - Let's Vote

POLL CLOSED :  421 PARTICIPANTS   AND 41 COMMENTS

RESULTS :   YES   14,52 %

                         NO     85,48%

 From what I have been reading and hearing in the news it seems that everybody is in disagreement and shock with what the EU is doing with Cyprus. However I am yet to read a piece that supports (not just accepts) the EU's decisions in reference to the Cypriot crisis. So for them to come up with these measures there must be someone who defends it and see's it as a sound solution to the problem eventhough it hurts. Surely they can't all be idiots in Brussels there must be someone there that knows what they are doing or is their arrogance getting so big and out of hand they still think that they can override everyone and walk above the law giving excuses with stupid frases like "its a tax on deposits" or " we are giving savers a haircut"  what they are doing is downright robbery and stealing from an EU country. If someone else can explain the sense behind this please do. But let's put Cyprus in the big picture, it's economy  only amounts to 0,2% of the EU GDP so it's hardly a big problem, they could be bailed out tomorrow without so many conditions "as it is a special case", most people would have difficulty pin-pointing it immediately on a map, so its the ideal candidate  to test the water with. I get the feeling that the EU is using Cyprus as a trial balloon, to see how they react and how the rest of Europe reacts, after all if they get away with it in Cyprus it opens the door to do it with other countries like Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. They say Cyprus is a "special case", most of its money comes from laundering and Russian mafia, so why not take it! Actually they have done no different than many other countries in Europe, eventhough some are not EU members such as Switzerland. Not so long ago the HSBC was fined 2 billion for money laundering, they are all doing it,  so that is no excuse. They will be taking funds from everyone over the 100,000 minimum, people from all walks of life, from teachers to policemen with lifetime savings, not just Russians. And what is wrong with the Russians? They aren't all crooks and mafia, there are legitimate businesses in Russia aswell, just as there are crooks all over the world, especially in Europe and at the moment the EU is proving to be in my opinon, the biggest crook of all.

Something is desperately wrong with Europe and I think it is just a question of time before it all falls apart. If you do agree with the measures please please leave a comment and say why... 

Thanks , cast your vote.

372 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS first week of voting

This has been a Poll I've been thinking of doing for some time as it came up in a couple of threads last year and just this week I read a  blog post   by Sandra Piddock on the same topic which encouraged me to finally post the poll. There are so many people living here but are they living here permanently or part-time? When I say permanently I mean will they live here in Spain right up to the end and meet their maker here in sunny Spain or when the end nears will they feel the need to return to their roots, to be closer to loved ones or more "familiar" settings. I personally have been here so long it wouldn't cross my mind to return home, so I expect I'll do my last innings here in Spain if nothing changes. I know it sounds macabre but on a light note I'm sure it's crossed everyone's mind, what are your intentions? Please cast your vote? Are you in Spain for the long-haul?