tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post6152580363325306078..comments2024-03-27T01:58:17.583+13:00Comments on Tongue Tied 3: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-80464176507237393402009-12-14T19:54:30.915+13:002009-12-14T19:54:30.915+13:00I think people understand that banking is a busine...I think people understand that banking is a business, but they don't like being patronised and having what they consider to be legitimate concerns simply dismissed.<br />I think it was porrly handled by WBC but that's the way it goes - hopefully people change banks if they feel strongly enough about it.<br />The problem, of course, is the break fees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-54319577722757293752009-12-13T07:09:01.901+13:002009-12-13T07:09:01.901+13:00I completely agree with the bank. People lose sigh...I completely agree with the bank. People lose sight of the fact that a bank is a business, and businesses exist to make money for their owners/shareholders. In the case of banks, they do so by helping other people manage their assets... but that is a means, not an end.Menoichiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766105300395521017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-80402631641078946052009-12-12T04:43:51.460+13:002009-12-12T04:43:51.460+13:00In the real world, companies that do not perform w...In the real world, companies that do not perform well, go under. They must. They should. It is the natural order of things, and trying to change that natural order (by handouts and bailouts) gives us the massive financial mess we now have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-34581375091607185882009-12-12T04:23:58.351+13:002009-12-12T04:23:58.351+13:00"[They are] talking about peoples' most b..."[They are] talking about peoples' most basic things in life - a mortgage, an affordable mortgage, to underpin things as basic as a home." <br /><br />If these things are so basic, why isn't the government required to provide them, along with Police, Fire, and National Defense?<br /><br />Oh, wait, that's right, socialism only works with OTHER people's money....Stan Bhttp://sbartsch.blogsome.comnoreply@blogger.com