I know the chances of the scenario of ALL Irish banks going bust is at such long odds that it was relatively easy for the Irish Govt to come up with a back up guarantee of a [FONT="]€[/FONT]400 billion package relatively confident in the knowledge that things would never get that bad and it would never be called upon to its full degree
BUT...
If things did get that bad what would be the fate for Ireland - Would we be declared bankrupt as a country or would each civilian of the state be deemed personally liable for an individual [FONT="]€125k or so? And has it ever happened that a country has gone financially bankrupt? (Some would argue that many countries have been morally bankrupt for years!)
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BUT...
If things did get that bad what would be the fate for Ireland - Would we be declared bankrupt as a country or would each civilian of the state be deemed personally liable for an individual [FONT="]€125k or so? And has it ever happened that a country has gone financially bankrupt? (Some would argue that many countries have been morally bankrupt for years!)
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