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Board Economics
Re: Spain confiscates 0.03% of all bank deposits.
by
DannyElfman
on 17/07/2014, 04:52:23 UTC
How long before this happens in the US?

I feel like we wouldn't let this happen as easily, there would be a public outrage. But then again, we let NSA happen. So maybe not.
I don't think this could happen in the US. The FDIC insures all bank deposits up to $250,000 per depositor per institution. The bank would have to fail first and after that it could only apply to deposits above the above limits.

Banks already pay the FDIC an insurance premium based on how much money is on deposit at their bank.