Imagine you wake up in Nicosia, Cyprus Saturday morning, you take a quick look at the headlines and realize you’re about to have 3, 6, or maybe 10 percent less money in the bank.
That’s pretty much what happened to 70-year-old Andreas Moyseos. He was hit with the news over the weekend that the Cypriot government planned to take a percentage of the savings in his bank account.
Moyseos is a retired electrician and now lives on retirement benefits. The tax — should it go through — will amount to about $4,000 of his own money.
“My first reaction was anger. I don’t think this action is correct. It will not correct the economy. It will create more problems. I thinks it’s a robbery this kind of action,” said Moyseous.
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