Bruce, it's different because its been imposed by group of nations on another, single, nation, largely at the behest of the most powerful nation in the group, and for reasons that are nothing to do with they ordinary Cypriot-in-the-street. It's different because it's over and above their normal taxation regime. It's different because it will only be paid by people who have been both prudent and patriotic, and have saved money in Cypriot banks instead of pissing it up the wall, or stashing it offshore.
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